News: Digiantra Research and Technology(DRT), a space tech startup has developed India’s first In-orbit Space Debris Monitoring and tracking system based on the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology.
Facts:
- Purpose: To provide real-time earth coverage by deploying a constellation of cost-efficient nanosatellites in LEO(Low Earth Orbit) and a space-based air surveillance payload for accurate tracking of both aircraft and space objects.
Additional Facts:
- LIDAR: It is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth.
- These light pulses combined with data recorded by the airborne system generate precise, three-dimensional information about the shape of the Earth and its surface characteristics.
