India's space tech startup Pixxel launched three of its six hyperspectral imaging satellites aboard a SpaceX rocket from California on Tuesday.

The startup intends to deploy 18 satellites in its constellation to deliver essential climate and Earth insights to industries worldwide. These indigenously developed satellites were integrated through SpaceX’s Exolaunch and launched aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Indian space-tech startups Pixxel, Digantara, and XDLINX Space Labs successfully launch satellites to monitor earth and space objects aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 mission. Pixxel's Firefly constellation achieves India's first private satellite constellation with high-resolution imaging.

Space startup Pixxel, which is based out of Bengaluru has made history on Wednesday by launching India's first private constellation of earth imaging satellites called Firefly, thereby making a grand entrance into the fast-emerging field of hyper-spectral imaging.