Deeptech startup EON Space Labs’ MIRA multispectral Earth-observation payload reached orbit aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-18 rideshare mission. The launch vehicle lifted off at 12:02 AM IST on October 2 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, carrying around 130 payloads. EON expects to establish initial contact and receive the first images around October 10–14.
In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat’s Senior Space Journalist Anubha Jain, Punit Badeka, Co-Founder of EON Space Labs, talked in detail about MIRA’s capabilities and EON’s vision for the growing Earth-observation ecosystem. Watch the video interview:
