Tata Advanced Systems Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Son has announced the "successful deployment" into space of its sub-metre optical satellite.
The satellite TSAT-1A was launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the US on Sunday.
TSAT-1A, an Earth observation satellite was carried into space as part of the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission.
"TSAT-1A will deliver high-resolution optical satellite images with increased collection capacity, dynamic range, and low-latency delivery through its multispectral and hyperspectral capabilities," TASL said in a statement.
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According to the company, the sub-metre optical satellite was assembled and tested in India.
TSAT-1A was assembled in TASL's Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) plant at its Vemagal facility in Karnataka, it said.
This achievement follows the collaboration agreement signed between TASL and Satellogic in November, leveraging Satellogic's expertise to develop and integrate an advanced Earth Observation satellite in India and TASL's capability to undertake complex system integration, it added.
¡°This milestone shows TASL¡¯s commitment to the space sector. This is a first step. Our partnership with Satellogic has enabled us to deliver an assembled and tested in India, best-in-class, fully integrated sub-meter optical satellite which was launched aboard SpaceX¡¯s Falcon 9 rocket for the Bandwagon-1 mission. We are grateful for the support we have received from various Indian Government authorities for required permissions,¡±?Sukaran Singh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, TASL, said.
TSAT-1A will deliver high-resolution optical satellite images with increased collection capacity, dynamic range, and low-latency delivery through its multispectral and hyperspectral capabilities.
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