Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Sep 8: Indian space technology company GalaxEye on Monday announced that it has secured a patent in the United States for the core technology behind its OptoSAR imaging capabilities, making it the first Indian startup to receive a US patent for satellite imaging technology.
The US patent covers GalaxEye's core invention involving the architecture and system used to align and synchronise optical and microwave sensors for simultaneous, spatially and temporally matched data acquisition.
The same technology has already been granted a patent in India.
The US patent strengthens GalaxEye's intellectual property position as the company prepares to expand its operations and build a planned constellation of 30 satellites over the next five years.
The company is backed by a growing commercial pipeline involving domestic and international customers and expects the planned satellite network to support defence, government and commercial applications across national security, agriculture, infrastructure, insurance, maritime intelligence and disaster management.
"GalaxEye's recently granted US patent for its technology behind OptoSAR is a powerful example of the innovation emerging from India's private space ecosystem. This is not only a significant technical innovation but also has strong commercial potential across applications requiring richer, more actionable intelligence," said Somanath S Panicker, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
GalaxEye is developing next-generation Earth observation capabilities using its proprietary OptoSAR technology, which combines the strengths of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical imaging.
The technology is designed to provide reliable intelligence in all weather conditions, during both day and night, offering potential applications in areas where conventional optical satellite imaging can be limited by darkness, clouds or adverse weather.
The company said the patent represents an important milestone in its efforts to develop advanced Earth observation systems and expand India's presence in the global commercial space technology sector.