The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Mission Drishti, world’s first OptoSAR satellite from private Indian company, loses communication after solar storm
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Hemanth C.S.
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GalaxEye, a Bengaluru-based space startup, has lost communication with its Mission Drishti satellite following a geomagnetic solar storm. The company stated that while recovery efforts are ongoing, the likelihood of restoring the satellite is low.
Mission Drishti, the world’s first OptoSAR satellite developed by Bengaluru-based space start-up GalaxEye, which was launched in May, encountered an anomaly following a geomagnetic solar storm during the final stage of the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP). Mission Drishti is also India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite.
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