‘Project NETRA’
- Project NETRA - Network for space object Tracking and Analysis is an early warning system of ISRO, launched in 2019.
- It aims for early warning in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites.
- Under the project, the ISRO plans to put up many observational facilities such as
- Connected radars,
- Telescopes,
- Data processing units
- Control centre
- The project will give India its own capability in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) like the other space powers which is used to ‘predict’ threats from debris to Indian satellites.
- NETRA’s eventual goal is to capture the GEO, or geostationary orbit, scene at 36,000 km where communication satellites operate.
- The effort would make India a part of international efforts towards tracking, warning about and mitigating space debris.
