Agnikul Cosmos + ICEYE — SAR Satellites

Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos and Finland-based ICEYE signed an MoU to develop an end-to-end Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite ecosystem in India.

What is SAR?

Synthetic Aperture Radar uses radar signals, rather than visible light, to image Earth's surface.

Major advantage

SAR can acquire imagery:

• During day or night
• Through cloud cover

Applications

• Disaster management
• Border surveillance
• Environmental monitoring
• Defence
• Earth observation

Strategic importance

The partnership aims at:

Sovereign end-to-end space capability

covering:
Satellite manufacturing → Launch → Operations

GS-III

Space technology + Defence + Disaster management