Pixxel

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting edge hyperspectral small satellites.

• Pixxel raises seed round for hyperspectral satellites - SpaceNews.
• After six-month delay, start-up targets satellite launch in October.
• Dawn Aerospace announced it is providing satellite propulsion systems to hyperspectral Earth imaging company Pixxel.
• Indian hyperspectral imaging startup Pixxel has announced a partnership with mining company Rio Tinto, giving that company early access to data from satellites scheduled to launch early this year.
• First launch delayed a few weeks before the PSLV C51 launch due to software issues.
• Unveiled the first-ever set of images from its hyperspectral pathfinder satellites as part of its ‘First Light’ Campaign, 2023 March.
• Won a multi-crore grant from iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence under the Ministry of Defence) for the Mission DefSpace Challenge under iDEX Prime (Space), to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites for the Indian Air Force. Received as a part of the SPARK grants by iDEX, this grant will equip Pixxel to develop small satellites of up to 150 kgs for Electro-Optical, Infrared, Synthetic Aperture Radar and Hyper Spectral purposes, 2023-07-25.

• Pixxel-TD 2 (Shakuntala)