'Shakuntala' satellite launched with the help of Falcon-9 rocket

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: April 06 2022

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Pixxel, a space-technology startup headquartered in Bengaluru, announced that it successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite ‘Shakuntala’ (Technology Demonstrator-2) with the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket.
The startup has become the first Indian private company to send a commercial imaging satellite.
This launch has been done under SpaceX's Transporter-4 mission.
The ‘Shakuntala’ satellite is a low-orbit imaging satellite, installed with one of the highest-resolution hyperspectral commercial cameras ever flown to space.