{"id":344475,"date":"2025-08-14T19:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344475"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:40:15","slug":"indias-1st-ppp-model-eo-satellite-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-1st-ppp-model-eo-satellite-constellation\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s 1st PPP model EO satellite constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The IN-SPACe under the Union Government\u2019s Department of Space, has announced the selection of a consortium led by Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India (PSI) for developing India\u2019s first indigenous constellation of earth observing (EO) satellites under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.<\/p>\n<h2>India\u2019s 1st PPP model EO satellite constellation<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344476\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-344476\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Moneycontrol.jpg?resize=252%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Moneycontrol.jpg?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Moneycontrol.jpg?w=297&amp;ssl=1 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Moneycontrol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> The constellation will be developed by <strong>a consortium<\/strong> led by <strong>Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India (PSI)<\/strong> along with <strong>Piersight Space, Satsure Analytics India and Dhruva Space.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The consortium is <strong>selected<\/strong> by the <strong>Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe),<\/strong> under the Union Government\u2019s Department of Space.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The consortium is aimed at <strong>designing, building and operating India\u2019s first fully indigenous constellation of 12 state-of-the-art commercial EO satellites. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>first such initiative<\/strong> in the Indian space sector wherein a <strong>private consortium<\/strong> will invest <strong>Rs 1,200 crore<\/strong> for the <strong>next five years<\/strong> to launch a constellation of 12 state-of-the-art EO satellites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PPP model<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong> will provide <strong>technical, strategic and policy support<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>private firms<\/strong> will <strong>own and operate<\/strong> the EO system, including the satellite manufacturing, ground infrastructure, commercialization of data services and launch from India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equipment:<\/strong> The satellites will be equipped with panchromatic, multispectral, hyperspectral, and microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Services to be provided<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The constellation will deliver <strong>Analysis Ready Data (ARD)<\/strong> and <strong>Value-Added Services (VAS)<\/strong> for <strong>applications<\/strong> in \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>climate change monitoring,<\/li>\n<li>disaster management,<\/li>\n<li>agriculture,<\/li>\n<li>infrastructure,<\/li>\n<li>marine surveillance,<\/li>\n<li>national security and<\/li>\n<li>urban planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will also cater to the rising demand of high-quality geospatial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>The generation of high-resolution, indigenous satellite data will reduce reliance on foreign sources.<\/li>\n<li>This will not just strengthen India\u2019s position in the global space market, but will also ensure data sovereignty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The IN-SPACe under the Union Government\u2019s Department of Space, has announced the selection of a consortium led by Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India (PSI) for developing India\u2019s first indigenous constellation of earth observing (EO) satellites under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. India\u2019s 1st PPP model EO satellite constellation Developed by: The constellation will be developed by&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-1st-ppp-model-eo-satellite-constellation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s 1st PPP model EO satellite constellation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-344475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}