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Mission Drishti: India’s First OptoSAR Earth Observation Satellite

Source: BSSubject: Science and Technology Context: Bengaluru-based space start-up GalaxEye announced that communication with Mission Drishti—the world’s first OptoSAR satellite and India’s largest privately built Earth observation satellite—has been lost. Mission Drishti: India's First OptoSAR Earth Observation Satellite About Mission Drishti: India's First OptoSAR Earth Observation Satellite What It Is? Mission Drishti is a next-generation, …

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Mission Drishti – The World’s First Multi-Sensor Earth Observation (EO) Satellite

Source:  ITV Context: Indian space-tech startup GalaxEye has announced the launch of ‘Mission Drishti,’ the world’s first multi-sensor Earth Observation (EO) satellite, scheduled for the first quarter of 2026. About Mission Drishti – The World’s First Multi-Sensor Earth Observation (EO) Satellite: What it is? Mission Drishti is the world’s first satellite integrating multiple sensing technologies—Synthetic …

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NASA-ISRO NISAR Mission:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space.   Context: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America to jointly realise a satellite mission named ‘NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)’ for scientific studies of Earth. The NISAR mission is scheduled for launch …

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