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India Plans $15-Million Satellite Map to Bolster National Security
Mint Kolkata
|June 13, 2025
The defence ministry is in the process of finalizing a multi-year contract to set up a "constellation of satellites" that will monitor other satellites that may be surveilling India, said three people aware of the development.
The defence ministry is in the process of finalizing a multi-year contract to set up a "constellation of satellites" that will monitor other satellites that may be surveilling India, said three people aware of the development. The final project will be monitored by a team of technical experts, likely to be outsourced to a private space startup specializing in this field. The contract, worth ₹150 crore per year, will also involve India's very own network of spy satellites that are expected to be built and sent up by end-2026, they said.
This story is from the June 13, 2025 edition of Mint Kolkata.
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