Digantara

Overview

OPERATIONAL — scaling constellation, becoming a defence prime

Technology

Products — SCOT — Space Camera for Object Tracking (electro-optical, operational)

Products — SCOT LiDAR variants

Products — ALBATROSS — missile-warning satellites

Products — SKYGATE — ground sensor network

Products — AIRA — fused space/ground intelligence platform

Products — PRISM, PULSE, LOCUS, IRIS, STARS, Space MAP software suite

Capability: Tracks resident space objects down to ~5 cm in LEO

Manufacturing: 25,000 sq ft facility producing five satellites in parallel; scaling to 30-satellite capacity with a new Andhra Pradesh facility

Key achievements

SCOT launched on Transporter-12, 14 January 2025; commissioned 8 March 2025 — world's first commercial space-based space surveillance satellite

Contracts with US Space Command / USAF; selected for the US Missile Defense Agency SHIELD contract vehicle

DSTA Singapore co-development partnership

Thailand GISTDA contract, March 2026

Operates an SSA command centre in Asia and an Innovation Hub

Funding

Total raised: $64.5 million

Latest round: $50M all-equity Series B, December 2025

Investors — 360 ONE Asset

Investors — SBI Investment Co. (Japan)

Investors — Ronnie Screwvala

Investors — Peak XV Partners

Investors — Kalaari Capital

Investors — Arthur Ventures

Investors — Global Brain

Investors — Campus Fund

Future plans

Constellation: 15 SCOT satellites + 2 ALBATROSS missile-warning satellites through 2026–27, primarily on SpaceX rideshare (launches indicated March, June, October 2026)

Geographic spend: $7–10M US expansion, $2–3M Europe

Revenue target: $25–30M over two years

Research notes

Pivot note: Sharma has framed this explicitly: the company is 'evolving from being just a space domain awareness company to more like a prime.' Infrared sensing and camera technology developed for SSA is being redirected at hypersonic and sub-orbital missile tracking.

Import provenance

Imported from IFSC Archive dataset v5.0, research snapshot 2026-08-16.