Indian startup’s commercial space surveillance sat begins operations

NEW DELHI: An

Indian startup

’s commercial

space surveillance

satellite, capable of tracking objects as small as 5cm orbiting the Earth, was commissioned last Saturday as it captured images over South America.
“Space just ran out of hiding spots,” Bengaluru start-up

Digantara

said in a post on X as its satellite SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking) started operations.
Digantara had launched SCOT on Jan 14 aboard Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Transporter-12 rocket.
In a statement, the company said the

SCOT satellite

achieved first light on Saturday and its inaugural image while passing over South America — a breathtaking view of Earth’s limb, with the city of Buenos Aires glowing against the planet’s curvature.