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Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath on Monday praised Bengaluru-based space startup GalaxEye Space after the successful launch of Mission Drishti, calling its technology ambition “audacious” and unprecedented.<\/p>
“1 week ago, @GalaxEye’s Mission Drishti reached orbit, and we’re proud to have played a small part in their journey through Rainmatter,” Kamath wrote in a post on X. “When we first met them a few years ago, we were floored by their audacious goal.”<\/p>
Don’t Miss:\u00a0‘You’d probably think we’re in a bull market but \u2026 ‘: What Nithin Kamath said about listed brokers<\/strong><\/p> Mission Drishti, launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on May 3, is billed as the world’s first commercial OptoSAR satellite. The satellite combines optical imaging and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging on a single platform.<\/p> Kamath said the technology would allow imaging through clouds and during night-time operations regardless of weather conditions. “They were building the world’s first commercial OptoSAR satellite \u2014 it would combine optical imaging and radar sensors into a single payload that could see through clouds and operate day or night, no matter the weather conditions. It had never been done before,” he said.<\/p>