Digantara: A New Era in Space Surveillance for India

Digantara, a Bengaluru-based space-tech startup, is leading India’s first private Space Situational Awareness initiative. The company aims to monitor, track, and manage the complex and hazardous environment of space. Digantara’s solution is a seamless, space-based surveillance network that offers continuous, high-resolution data on everything that moves in orbit. The company has successfully launched its first space situational payload on ISRO’s PSLV-C55 mission in 2023 and launched Space-MAP, India’s first commercial Space Mission Assurance Platform in 2024.

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Private Space News (16-20 June)

Landspace, a Chinese private rocket company, has successfully launched six satellites for Spacety, a commercial satellite operator known for Earth observation data. The launch of the methane-fueled Zhuque-2E rocket demonstrates China’s growing maturity in the private launch vehicle industry and its ability to serve commercial satellite customers. The “Three-Body Computing Constellation” project aims to deploy up to 2,800 satellites, positioning China as a global leader in space-based AI computing infrastructure. China’s commercial space sector is experiencing a record surge in funding and dealmaking, with rocket manufacturers like Landspace, Space Pioneer, Galactic Energy, and Deep Blue Aerospace securing hundreds of millions of dollars in recent funding rounds. Russia’s space private sector, space tech startups, and the Skolkovo Innovation Center ecosystem are focusing on companies like Dauria Aerospace, Sputnix, Spectralaser, New Energy Technologies, Azmerit, Lin Industrial, Bureau 1440, Future Lab, and Integral Robotics. The US private space startup ecosystem is robust and innovative, with key innovation areas including reusable launch vehicles, satellite servicing, space situational awareness, Earth observation, space-based manufacturing, and satellite internet.

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