Partnership · Government, Defense & Space
GalaxEye signs data reseller deal with NSIL
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- GalaxEye
- What it does
- Earth observation satellite company
- Kind
- Partnership
- Stage
- growth
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2021
What they do
GalaxEye builds advanced satellite payloads including Synthetic Aperture Radar
What happened
It becomes the first private Indian satellite operator to sign a formal data reseller agreement with NSIL
Why it matters
The deal covers SyncFused OptoSAR data products for agriculture, disaster management, and natural resources
The details
- GalaxEye has signed a data reseller partnership with NSIL, the commercial arm of the Department of Space.
- It is the first private Indian satellite operator to sign a formal data reseller agreement with NSIL.
- The deal covers GalaxEye's advanced satellite imagery solutions, including SyncFused OptoSAR data products.
- These products target sectors such as agriculture, disaster management, and natural resource management.
- GalaxEye builds payloads like Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), an imaging radar for space that mimics large ground-based radars using advanced tech and algorithms.
- The company will soon launch 'Mission Drishti', a multi-sensory Earth observation satellite.
- Mission Drishti is the world's first commercial multi-sensor satellite combining SAR and MSI on a single platform (OptoSAR).
- GalaxEye plans to scale Mission Drishti to a constellation of 10 satellites by 2030.
About the business
- GalaxEye builds satellite payloads including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and multi-spectral imagers.
- Its SyncFused OptoSAR data products serve agriculture, disaster management, and natural resource management.
- Mission Drishti will be India's largest privately built satellite and offer the highest-resolution imagery from any private player in India.
What happens next
- GalaxEye will soon launch Mission Drishti, a multi-sensory Earth observation satellite.
- It plans to scale Mission Drishti to a constellation of 10 satellites by 2030.
The deal
- Type
- partnership
Founders
- Suyash Singh, co-founder and CEO
- Denil Chawda, co-founder
- Pranit Mehta, co-founder
- Kishan Thakkar, co-founder
- Rakshit Bhatt, co-founder
About GalaxEye
- Product
- OptoSAR satellites combining optical and synthetic aperture radar for all-weather day-and-night Earth observation capabilities
- Customers
- Government agencies, defense establishments, agriculture, insurance and disaster response sectors globally
- How it makes money
- B2G and B2B model providing satellite Earth observation data and services
- What sets it apart
- Proprietary OptoSAR technology enabling weather-agnostic imaging with 66% indigenization and reduced global supply chain dependence
- Operations
- Vertically integrated satellite design and manufacturing through acquisition of StarOps with in-house engineering capabilities
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