India, Aug. 12 -- The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has selected PixxelSpace India-led consortium to design, build and operate India's first fully indigenous commercial Earth Observation (EO) satellite system under the public-private partnership (EO-PPP) model.

The consortium comprises PixxelSpace India (hyperspectral imaging leader), Piersight Space (maritime monitoring using Synthetic Aperture Radar / SAR), Satsure Analytics India (geospatial data analytics) and Dhruva Space (satellite platforms & space infrastructure).

The private consortium will invest more than INR 1,200 Cr over the next five years to launch a constellation of 12 state-of-the-art EO satellites equipped with panchromatic, multis...