Digantara is an Indian space-tech startup specializing in space situational awareness (SSA) and debris management, founded in 2018. They are developing a space-based surveillance platform to track space objects and provide real-time data and predictive analytics to mitigate collision risks for satellite operators, launch providers, and space insurers. Digantara is building India's first private SSA infrastructure and has established operations in Colorado, USA, to work with U.S. Department of Defense agencies and enhance space surveillance capabilities and support Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) needs. Key partners include Astroscale, Bellatrix Aerospace, and Space Machines Company. Associated keywords: space debris, space traffic management, collision avoidance, space surveillance, SSA, nanosatellites.
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Digantara plans to deploy a technology demonstrator in the first quarter of 2023 using LIDAR sensors and has not yet secured a launch contract.
Digantara plans to deploy at least 40 satellites over the next three years in LEO to track objects as small as one centimeter.
NorthStar, Privateer, Scout, Spaceable, and Digantara are startups developing businesses to improve space situational awareness data.
Digantara Research and Technologies signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd to fly its SCOT (Space-based space Climate and Object Tracker) payload onboard an ORB-6 satellite platform.
The ORB-6 mission will demonstrate a novel LiDAR-based technology developed by Digantara Research and Technologies.
The SCOT mission will serve as the pilot for Digantara’s planned LEO constellation that will provide a space situational awareness service.
The ORB-6 satellite platform carrying Digantara’s SCOT payload is scheduled to launch towards the end of 2022.
Digantara Research and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to fly the SCOT (Space–based space Climate and Object Tracker) payload onboard an ORB-6 satellite platform launching toward the end of 2022.
Digantara is a space situational awareness company building the SCOT in-situ orbital surveillance platform.
The SCOT mission will demonstrate a novel LiDAR-based technology developed by Digantara and will serve as the pilot for Digantara’s LEO constellation providing a space situational awareness service.
Digantara is in talks to launch its first satellite in the second half of 2022.
Digantara won OneWeb’s 2021 Innovation Challenge and will collaborate with OneWeb on a research and development project.
Digantara raised $2,500,000 in a seed funding round from Kalaari Capital.
Digantara received a grant of Rs. 50 Lakh for winning ISRO ARISE ANIC Category 3 for Space Robotics/VR/AR/Outer Space Monitoring.
Kalaari Capital’s $2,500,000 seed investment will accelerate Digantara’s product development and enable Digantara to launch its first technology-demonstration satellite to Low Earth Orbit sooner than expected.
Digantara will use Telespazio’s ENABLE platform integrated with AWS Ground Station for constellation management and data management.