Digantara
Digantara is a Bengaluru-based space situational awareness (SSA) and space surveillance company founded in 2018 that tracks resident space objects to enable space safety, traffic management, and national security. It operates SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking), described as one of the world's first commercial SSA satellites, alongside ground-based observatories and a space domain awareness command-and-control centre. Its capabilities span space- and ground-based surveillance, debris monitoring, and analytics built on infrared and electro-optical sensors.
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Payloads in Orbit
Active Sats (reported)
Funding Raised
Products & Services
SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking)
operationalSpace-based surveillance satellite in sun-synchronous orbit that detects and tracks resident space objects in LEO as small as 5 cm. Launched 14 January 2025 on SpaceX Transporter-12.
Since 2025
Space Domain Awareness Command-and-Control Centre
operationalCommand-and-control centre at Digantara's Bengaluru headquarters, described as Asia's first commercial space domain awareness command-and-control centre.
Ground-based observatory network
operationalNetwork of ground-based optical observatories supporting space object tracking and SSA.
Data and analytics platform
operationalSoftware suite (LOCUS, IRIS, STARS, MAP, AIRA) providing space object catalog data, tracking analytics, and space intelligence.
Satellite constellation expansion
developmentPlanned deployment of additional surveillance satellites, extending infrared sensing to mid- and long-wave infrared plus lidar and electro-optical payloads.
Key Challenges
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