Google-backed Pixxel, Baring PE-backed SatSure apply to build Indian satellite constellation

Google-backed Pixxel, Baring PE-backed SatSure apply to build Indian satellite constellation

FILE PHOTO: A satellite model is placed on a picture of Earth in this illustration taken November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Thirty Indian companies have answered the space regulator’s call to build and operate constellations of Earth observation (EO) satellites in a groundbreaking private-public partnership to reduce the country’s reliance on foreign data for defense, infrastructure management and other critical mapping needs.