New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- Sisir Radar, an Indian space and defence tech startup, has secured $7 million in Series A funding led by 360 ONE Asset, with participation from Shastra VC. The capital will accelerate development of India's first privately built L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, targeting a 2026 launch for all-weather, high-resolution Earth observation.

Dr. Tapan Misra, founder of Sisir Radar and former Director of ISRO's Space Applications Centre, brings decades of experience from India's RISAT SAR mission. The startup's L- and P-band systems achieve 0.75 m resolution in L-band and 2.5 m in P-band-resolutions that penetrate clouds, vegetation, and shallow ground for persistent monitoring in India's challenging terrai...