Pixxel-led consortium wins Rs 1,200-crore PPP to build India’s first private Earth observation satellite network

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has awarded the contract for the country’s first fully indigenous commercial Earth Observation (EO) satellite constellation under the public-private partnership (EO-PPP) model to a consortium led by Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India. The group includes PierSight Space, Satsure Analytics India, and Dhruva Space.

The consortium will invest over Rs 1,200 crore over five years to design, build, and operate a 12-satellite constellation carrying panchromatic, multispectral,…