Tata Advanced Systems Limited launched high-resolution satellite TSAT-1A into low Earth orbit. This satellite was launched on 7 April 2024 by SpaceX’s rocket Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA). SpaceX American The company is owned by industrialist Elon Musk. TSAT-1A has been developed by Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) in collaboration with Satellogic, the world’s leading provider of high-resolution satellite imagery. It is assembled at TASL’s Vemagal facility in Karnataka. It is India’s first private satellite to monitor the Earth.
Features of TSAT-1A
- It has been deployed in low Earth orbit.
- Its weight is less than 50 kg.
- This satellite will provide high resolution optical quality images.
- It is a sub-meter resolution Earth observation satellite.
- Sub meter resolution means that the image produced by the satellite sensor will be able to capture an area that is less than 1×1 meter in size.
- It can capture images of 0.5-0.6-metre x0.5-0.6-metre area.
- It has the capability of 0.5-0.8 meter resolution which can be increased to 0.5-0.6-meter super resolution using software.
- It has multispectral and hyperspectral capabilities, which will send high quality images.
Benefit
- Its primary customers will be the government and defense forces.
- In future, services will also be provided to commercial customers.
- Due to its ability to take pictures of less than 1×1 meter area of the Earth, this satellite is considered very useful for the army.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited
- TASL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons.
- It was established in the year 2007.
- It is an Indian aerospace manufacturing, military engineering and defense technology company.
- It has six focus areas – Aerospace, UAV, Missile, Radar, Command and Control and Homeland Security.
Satellitelogic
- Satelilogic is a company specializing in Earth-observation satellites.
- It was founded in the year 2010 by Emiliano Cargiman and Gerardo Richarde.