Tatas, US firm to build LEO satellites
Tata Advanced Systems, Nasdaq-listed Satellogic ink pact; TASL will commission a satellite plant in Karnataka
Space Mission
- Satellite AIT plant coming up TASL’s Vemagal facility in Karnataka
- Main focus on making satellites, developing imagery for national defence and commercial applications
- Satellogic offers advance commercial space capabilities, security
Hyderabad: City-based Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and Nasdaq-listed Satellogic Inc have signed a strategic contract to build low earth orbit (LEO) satellites in India, the companies said on Wednesday, adding that TASL will commission a satellite plant in Karnataka.
TASL would establish an Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT) facility for satellites in India and co-develop a satellite design with Satellogic, a leader in sub-metre resolution earth observation (EO) data collection, a joint press release by the companies said. The TASL satellite AIT plant will be built at its Vemagal facility in Karnataka, and its main focus will be on manufacturing satellites and developing imagery in India for national defence and commercial applications, the release added.
TASL and Satellogic will collaborate on the development of a new satellite design, which will integrate multiple payloads on a single satellite helping generate a diverse range of data, it said.
