India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government, through the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), has formulated a Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework for the development, deployment and operation of Earth Observation (EO) satellite constellations, with a view to enhancing the country's space-based observation capabilities, space economy and building an indigenous, self-reliant Earth Observation ecosystem in the country.
Under this framework, Non-Government Entities (NGEs) including private industry, start-ups and, where relevant, academic and research institutions are enabled to design, build, own and operate Earth Observation satellite constellations on an end-to-end ...