How a bootstrapped space-tech startup monitors space debris with its system to enable a collision-free path

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How a bootstrapped space-tech startup monitors space debris with its system
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A brief history of debris in space
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How this space clearing began
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With more than 10,000 bits of debris in space, space-tech startup Digantara Research and Technologies’ innovative idea tracks and analyses space debris in Low Earth orbits (LEOs).
Musk would be happy with that, and with DRT’s focus on the global space debris monitoring and removal market, satellite providers have a solution at hand.
Our technology is very important for launch providers and small satellite developers as this can enable them to have space situational awareness across the LEO Ecosystem through our data and API.”
The Uttarakhand-based startup developed an Orbit Space Debris Monitor using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technology which detects and maps any space debris less than 5 cm in size.
The Orbit Space Debris Monitor can be integrated with any satellite or vehicle to avoid collisions.
Towards the end of 2018, Rahul and Anirudh co-founded DRT to address specific issues with their expertise in space technologies.
With Indian Space Agency initiating a global concern about space debris at the International Astronautical Congress 2018, time was right for an Indian startup to find a solution to this problem,” adds Anirudh.
The Orbit Space Debris Monitor developed by DRT is a hardware and software-based system.
This Orbit Space Debris Monitor can also be integrated with any type or size of satellite be it the 1 U CubeSats to humongous multi-million-dollar satellites.
The Orbit Space Debris Monitor is a plug-in-and-play Orbit Space Debris Monitor integrated within the satellite, and it acts as in-situ space debris monitor.
According to Anirudh, “In addition to the Orbit Space Debris Monitor, we also have a set of ground stations we are currently working on to convert into a network.
Before entering the commercial market, the DRT team is working on a demonstration project which consists of an Orbit Space Debris Monitor that can be integrated with satellite constellations in collaboration with Lovely Professional University in Punjab

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