India, June 6 -- Dhruva Space and France's Sodern ArianeGroup are deepening the Indo-French space bond by preparing to flight-test the cutting-edge HORUS star tracker aboard Dhruva's modular P-30 platform, slated for launch under the LEAP-2 mission in 2026.

The announcement was made during the High-Level Business Delegation to France and Italy, led by India's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.

At the core of this partnership lies HORUS, a next-generation star tracker developed by Sodern ArianeGroup. It is designed for high-performance telecom and Earth observation platforms. HORUS uses an advanced Active Pixel Sensor (APS) to deliver arcsecond-level attitude accuracy with robust onboard autonomy.

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