Chennai, Aug. 12 -- At an outlay Rs 1,200 crore over a five year period a consortium of private satellite makers led by Pixxel Space India will launch a constellation of 12 satellites to beef up India's security, marine surveillance, earth observation, climate monitoring and others, said Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe).
IN-SPACe is the regulator for the private space sector players in the country.
According to IN-SPACe the 12 state of art earth observation satellites will be equipped with panchromatic, multispectral, hyperspectral, and microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors.
The constellation will deliver Analysis Ready Data (ARD) and Value-Added Services (VAS) for applications in climate cha...