Meet Suyash Singh: The 30-year-old Indian CEO from IIT Madras behind the world-first OptoSAR satellite
On May 3, 2026, a 190kg satellite named Drishti flew through the skies aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking a historic milestone for India’s private space sector. Drishti’s launch was no ordinary achievement – it carries the world’s first operational OptoSAR hybrid sensor in a spacecraft. The breakthrough technology fuses optical and radar imaging to deliver all-weather, day-and-night vision of the planet.
