Mission Drishti, the World’s First OptoSAR Satellite after separation from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Photo credit: Special arrangement
Mission Drishti, the world’s first OptoSAR satellite developed by Bengaluru based space startup GalaxEye has been successfully launched on Sunday (May 3, 2026) aboard a Falcon 9 by SpaceX from Vandenberg, California.
Weighing 190 kilograms, Mission Drishti is India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite.
“It is the first satellite globally to integrate Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors into a single operational platform, enabling all-weather, day-and-night imaging capabilities. This integrated approach addresses long-standing limitations of conventional systems and enables more reliable and consistent data acquisition across diverse environmental conditions,” GalaxEye said.
Published – May 03, 2026 03:00 pm IST
