The Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has successfully deployed its sub-metre optical satellite in space.
- The announcement was made jointly with Satellogic Inc, which has wide experience in sub-metre resolution Earth Observation data collection.
- The deployment of TSAT-1A was done aboard the Bandwagon-1 mission via SpaceX.
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the TSAT-1A satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
- TSAT-1A was assembled at Tata Advanced’s Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) plant in Karnataka.
- The satellite, TSAT-1A, is equipped to deliver high-resolution optical satellite images.
- According to the media reports, this is the first military grade geospatial satellite manufactured in the Indian private sector.
