India, May 1 -- Homegrown spacetech startup Digantara on Wednesday (May 1) said it has been selected for a joint India-Australia space mission to manage debris in space.

Digantara will join a clutch of spacetech companies under the "Space-MAITRI" (Mission for Australia-India's Technology, Research, and Innovation) project, which recently received an AUD 8.5 Mn (INR 46 Cr) grant from the Australian Space Agency.

As part of the collaboration, the Bengaluru-based startup will integrate its proprietary optical sensor technology into the Orbital Servicing Vehicle (OSV) developed by its partner Australian firm, Space Machines Company.

As per the startup, the integration will enable the monitoring of resident space objects (RSOs) in low-earth...