India’s Leap into Space Self-Reliance: First ‘Made-in-India’ Commercial Earth Observation Satellite Series Announced
India s private space sector is preparing to cross a historic threshold In a landmark announcement the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre IN-SPACe declared that a Bengaluru-based consortium a group of organizations companies or people who come together to work on a specific project led by PixxelSpace India alongside Piersight Space Satsure Analytics India and Dhruva Space will design build and operate the country s first fully indigenous commercial Earth Observation Satellite EOSS constellation nbsp This is not just another space mission it s being hailed as the coming of age of India s private space industry For the first time a private consortium will invest more than crore over the next five years to create a homegrown constellation of state-of-the-art EO satellites entirely designed manufactured and operated from Indian soil What Makes This Constellation SpecialUnlike traditional optical satellites that rely on clear skies and daylight this new