Prime Minister congratulates GalaxEye on the successful launch of Mission Drishti

• Mission Drishti is an Earth-observation satellite built by GalaxEye Space, a Bengaluru-based private space-tech startup incubated out of the IIT Madras ecosystem; PM Modi publicly congratulated the team on its successful launch on 3 May 2026.
• It is positioned as the world's first OptoSAR satellite (fusing Optical imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar) and the largest privately-built satellite from India.
• For UPSC: a flagship case study of NewSpace India, private-sector participation under IN-SPACe / Space Policy 2023, and the dual-use Earth-observation ecosystem.