Digantara's commercial space-based space weather system reaches orbit onboard ISRO's PSLV-C53

Digantara, a space tech startup, building solution for space operations said "world’s first commercial space-based space weather system", 'ROBI (ROBust Integrating proton fluence meter)', designed by it was launched onboard ISRO’s PSLV-C53 Mission on on June 30.

With the launch of the world’s smallest digital space weather sensor for monitoring space weather it has taken a giant leap towards building their space infrastructure for providing a one-stop comprehensive space situational awareness solution, the company said.

This will enable Digantara to include proprietary near real time space weather information to its ground-breaking platform, Space – Mission Assurance Platform aka Space – MAP, it said in a release. "Just as terrestrial navigation services are essential for the ground logistic sector, serving as an infrastructure layer for companies such as Uber, we can leverage Space – MAPs capabilities towards providing an infrastructure layer for effective space operations" Anirudh Sharma, CEO of Digantara said.

Noting that space weather is a complex phenomenon that arises from high energy particles, plasma, and electromagnetic waves originating from the sun or the cosmos interacting with the earth’s magnetic field, Digantara said, a major space weather event can have significant repercussions on both space and terrestrial systems.