Nano-Satellites Built By Startups Augurs Well For Private Sector's Future Endeavours: IN-SPACe

DN Bureau

The three nano-satellites developed by startups which were successfully placed into orbits during Saturday's PSLV C54/EOS-06 mission would have significant bearing in the private sector's future endeavours, a top official of space regulator Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) said. Read on for details:

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Sriharikota: The three nano-satellites developed by startups which were successfully placed into orbits during Saturday's PSLV C54/EOS-06 mission would have significant bearing in the private sector's future endeavours, a top official of space regulator Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) said.

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Apart from the primary payload an Earth Observation Satellite (Oceansat) and five other co-passenger satellites -- the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C54 successfully placed Thybolt-1 and 2 satellites, 'Anand' nano-satellites developed by space startups Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space and Bangalore-based Pixxel, respectively.

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IN-SPACe is an autonomous body under the Department of Space. (PTI) 










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