Mission SCOT
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: PM India
Context: Indian Prime Minister lauded Digantara, a pioneering Indian space startup, for the successful launch of Mission SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking).
About Mission SCOT:
• What it is: Mission SCOT is one of the world’s first commercial satellites for Space Situational Awareness (SSA), designed to enhance tracking and monitoring of Resident Space Objects (RSOs).
• Developed by: It is an inaugural mission by Digantara, an Indian space startup supported by Aditya Birla Ventures and SIDBI.
• Aims: To monitor smaller RSOs in space and provide superior surveillance, thus filling critical gaps in existing space monitoring systems. To enhance national security and facilitate safer space operations.
• To monitor smaller RSOs in space and provide superior surveillance, thus filling critical gaps in existing space monitoring systems.
• To enhance national security and facilitate safer space operations.
• Key Features: Launch Vehicle: Deployed aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission. Orbit: Operates in a sun-synchronous orbit, ensuring efficient tracking of objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Enhanced Capabilities: Monitors objects as small as 5 cm with high revisit rates and tracking accuracy. Technological Edge: Unlike traditional systems hindered by Field of View (FoV), weather conditions, and geographic limitations, SCOT ensures continuous and reliable surveillance. Support for Space Safety: Focuses on minimizing collision risks by tracking space debris and enhancing space traffic management.
• Launch Vehicle: Deployed aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission.
• Orbit: Operates in a sun-synchronous orbit, ensuring efficient tracking of objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
• Enhanced Capabilities: Monitors objects as small as 5 cm with high revisit rates and tracking accuracy.
• Technological Edge: Unlike traditional systems hindered by Field of View (FoV), weather conditions, and geographic limitations, SCOT ensures continuous and reliable surveillance.
• Support for Space Safety: Focuses on minimizing collision risks by tracking space debris and enhancing space traffic management.
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