Mission Drishti 2026: India’s Historic Leap in SpaceTech

New Delhi: India’s leading space-tech startup GalaxEye has announced its ambitious satellite constellation program, marking a major milestone in India’s private space sector. The company’s first and most significant satellite, Mission Drishti, is scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2026.

A Visionary Step Toward Multi-Satellite Constellation

Mission Drishti will lead GalaxEye’s larger plan to deploy 8–12 satellites by 2029, enabling near real-time Earth observation. This initiative is expected to revolutionize the field of geospatial intelligence by offering faster and more accurate data for a variety of applications.

Mission Drishti’s Core Technology: SyncFused Opto-SAR

The 160-kg Mission Drishti satellite is India’s largest privately built satellite and will deliver the highest image resolution ever achieved by an Indian private mission. It features GalaxEye’s proprietary SyncFused Opto-SAR technology, which combines Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and high-resolution optical sensors on a single platform.
This unique integration allows all-weather, all-time imaging — ensuring continuous, high-precision observation even under cloud cover or nighttime conditions.

Applications Across Sectors

Mission Drishti will serve a wide range of users, including government agencies, defense organizations, and industries such as utilities, infrastructure, agriculture, finance, and insurance.
Key applications include:

Border surveillance

Disaster response

Infrastructure monitoring

With a resolution of 1.5 meters, each pixel of the captured image represents an area of 1.5 × 1.5 meters on Earth, setting a new benchmark in environmental and structural intelligence.