India's GalaxEye tests home-built SAR on HAPS drone, enabling high-quality all-weather imaging.

India's space start-up GalaxEye has become the first private entity globally to test a home-built synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on a high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) drone, which can fly at a maximum altitude of 18 km. The SAR technology enables high-quality, all-weather, day-and-night imaging capabilities, with potential applications in the defence sector, environmental monitoring, and disaster management.

May 21, 2024
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