GalaxEye's Mission Drishti to carry NVIDIA Jetson Orin for AI-driven Earth observation

Key facts

• GalaxEye, a Bengaluru-based private space technology company, will deploy NVIDIA Jetson Orin on its upcoming satellite mission, Mission Drishti.
• Mission Drishti will feature the world’s first SyncFused OptoSAR architecture, integrating Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors on a single satellite platform.
• The satellite is designed to accelerate processing and interpretation of Earth observation data in space and quickly deliver insights to customers.
• Insights from Mission Drishti are expected to benefit sectors including agriculture, disaster management, and natural resource management.
• The mission will explore the feasibility of Orbital Data Centres (ODC), where multiple satellites operate as interconnected compute nodes.
• GalaxEye plans to scale Mission Drishti to a constellation of 10 satellites by 2030.