Digantara launched second satellite to monitor space weather

  • Digantara (Space start-up) has launched its second satellite Pushan-Alpha as rideshare onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.
  • The satellite will serve as a space weather testbed in the sun synchronous orbit.
  • It will also enhance precision driven situational space awareness applications.
  • Its observations will help complement Digantara’s ROBI (ROBust Integrating proton fluence meter) mission.
  • Digantara Aerospace CEO: Anirudh Sharma