Context: Recently, the world’s first commercial space surveillance satellite SCOT, captured images over South America and was launched by Bengaluru-based start-up Digantara.
About SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking)
- It was Launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission on January 14, 2025.
- It is deployed in a sun-synchronous orbit, allowing for more efficient tracking of objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
- It is designed to track and monitor objects of Resident Space Objects (RSOs), tracking objects as small as 5 cm with high frequency and precision.
- It is purpose-built to monitor smaller RSOs, offer higher revisit rates, and provide enhanced tracking accuracy, filling a gap left by existing systems.