Bengaluru-based Pixxel Space Technologies' three Firefly satellites will be taken to space by SpaceX aboard its Falcon 9 rocket. With this launch, Pixxels' six-satellite network in sun-synchronous low Earth orbit will be completed. The satellites, each weighing 50 kg, will deliver commercial hyperspectral imagery of highest resolution ever, helping detect pollution and crop stress in real-time.
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Bhawana Chaudhary /
05:25 pm on
26 Aug