Former Isro director’s startup wins iDEX Challenge for developing SAR payload for satellites
Friday, 20 October 2023 Sisir Radar, a space-tech start-up founded by former Isro director Tapan Misra, has won the iDEX DefSpace Challenge for developing SAR payloads for low earth orbit small satellites. The company has also developed a dual-band radar that can see through rain, clouds, foliage, and vegetation, as well as penetrate dry terrain. Misra, who led the development of India's first space-borne SAR system, has stated that Sisir Radar has already developed low-altitude drone SAR and ground penetrating radar for mining applications.
Ten of the total 14 districts in Kerala are among the 30 most landslide-prone districts in the country, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) noted in its 2023 report, raising alarm over the increasing vulnerability of the Western Ghats. But it has not slowed down the pace of development in the sensitive region, setting it up for one disaster after another, experts say. The risk assessment led by the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre ranked Thrissur third among the most vulnerable districts after Rudraprayag and Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
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Friday, 20 October 2023
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