Steffi JosephSteffi manages Operations & Marketing at PierSight. She holds a Master's in Mass Communication from PDEU and a Bachelor's in Commerce. She has gained experience through internships in Public Relations and Content Writing and specialises in media relations, content strategy, and marketing.
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Consortium includes Pixxel, Dhruva Space, and SatSure; PierSight brings sovereign SAR payload expertise
Ahmedabad, India - 12th August, 2025 - PierSight, a space-tech company building a constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellites for 24/7, all‑weather maritime intelligence, today announced its inclusion in the selected consortium by IN‑SPACe to realize India’s first Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Earth‑Observation (EO) constellation.
The consortium includes Pixxel, PierSight, Dhruva Space, and SatSure.
The PPP program will be designed, built, launched, and operated by the private consortium in India, with government support on strategy and milestones. Within this multi‑sensor constellation architecture, PierSight serves as the consortium’s SAR specialist, enabling dependable day‑night, cloud‑penetrating imaging and analysis‑ready outputs for disaster response, maritime monitoring, oil‑slick detection, urban change, and topography, among others.
“SAR makes the constellation operational 24/7 in all weather conditions. Our role is to deliver radar‑first, analysis‑ready products with low latency, so agencies and enterprises get alerts and evidence, not just raw data,” said Gaurav Seth, Co‑founder & CEO, PierSight.
“This PPP is about outcomes and execution speed. Our modular, software‑defined radar electronics and deployable‑antenna heritage let us iterate quickly and align to IN‑SPACe’s phased milestones,” said Vinit Bansal, Co‑founder & CTO, PierSight.
SAR for disaster response and other critical use‑cases
SAR’s ability to image through cloud cover and at night is vital for emergency operations in events like the recent Uttarakhand cloudburst. It enables rapid flood mapping, landslide detection, infrastructure damage assessment, and breach monitoring—delivering geo‑referenced intelligence to decision‑makers when visibility is otherwise impossible.
Beyond disasters, the constellation’s SAR capability will support:
- Maritime monitoring and oil‑slick detection across India’s coastline and EEZ.
- Urban change and topography for monitoring and planning across critical assets in mining, linear infrastructure, energy assets, and subsidence-prone zones.
- Precision agriculture and monitoring crop health during Kharif season
- National sovereignty over border intelligence
“In the Indian context, Kharif is a major crop season during which there’s upwards of 90% cloud cover. During this time, SAR offers precision agriculture, and can monitor crop health and yield estimation”, says Gaurav Seth, Co‑founder & CEO, PierSight
“The Government of India has been making major strides in the digitization of public and private assets. SAR can play a huge role in assessing property tax at a national scale, saving time and resources,” says Vinit Bansal, Co‑founder & CTO, PierSight
What PierSight brings
- Indigenous SAR payload depth. Modular radar electronics and deployable antenna know‑how de‑risk integration and shorten iteration loops.
- Fast build–test cycles. A reuse‑ready, software‑defined radar architecture accelerates development, qualification, and fielding against PPP milestones.
- Analysis‑ready data (ARD). PierSight focuses on calibrated, analysis-ready products and higher-value services, rather than raw imagery alone.
- Operational playbooks for SAR tasking. Rapid retask and multi‑scene fusion approaches help maximize coverage and responsiveness.
Program alignment
Under IN‑SPACe’s PPP framework, the consortium comprising Pixxel, PierSight, Dhruva Space, and SatSure will realize and operate a 12‑satellite EO network supported by India‑based launch, ground, and data infrastructure with an investment of more than ₹1,200 crores.
About PierSight
PierSight is an Indian spacetech company building a constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites to provide persistent ocean monitoring, all‑weather, day and night. Founded by ex‑ISRO scientist Gaurav Seth and ex‑National Instruments engineer Vinit Bansal, PierSight develops modular, software‑defined radar payloads and mission software to deliver analysis‑ready products for maritime security, environmental monitoring, and maritime operations.
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Steffi Joseph
Marketing Manager - PierSight
Email: steffi.joseph@piersight.space, uplink@piersight.space
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Steffi Joseph
Steffi manages Operations & Marketing at PierSight. She holds a Master's in Mass Communication from PDEU and a Bachelor's in Commerce. She has gained experience through internships in Public Relations and Content Writing and specialises in media relations, content strategy, and marketing.