New Delhi, May 3 -- Indian space-tech startup GalaxEye on Sunday announced the launch of Drishti- a made-in-India satellite that combines radar and optical sensors in real time to provide high- resolution images of the same place at the same time, irrespective of weather conditions.

The Bengaluru-based startup said that its innovation, the "world's first OptoSAR satellite" was placed in orbit aboard SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It was one of the 45 payloads on the CAS500-2 mission.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed it "a major achievement" in India's space journey.

The firm said the launch was a milestone in the advancement of Earth observation technologies and reinforces...