Google-backed Pixxel launches Fireflies, India’s first private satellite constellation

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. They will orbit at approximately 550 km in a sun-synchronous orbit.