• After being delayed for more than 18 months, the PSLV launched.
• Several factors can be found using the satellite's picture.
• Pixxel has agreements in place with Data Farming, Rio Tinto, and others.

Anand, a hyperspectral satellite built by Pixxel, an up-and-coming satellite imaging company, was successfully launched on the PSLV C54 mission by ISRO on November 26, 2022. After Shakuntala's launch in April 2022 and a demo satellite that was launched in 2021, Anand is the third hyperspectral satellite from Pixxel.

The satellite was developed for use in earth observation applications, especially in the agriculture, energy, and climate sectors, and was launched from the Sriharikota Launch Complex in Andhra Pradesh. The hyperspectral capability of Anand will give mankind's fight against climate change next-generation capabilities.

Anand is a technology demonstration satellite built to downlink some of the best resolution hyperspectral imagery currently available in the globe. It was created in India and will act as a proof of concept before Pixxel's six fully commercial-grade constellation satellites are launched the following year. 

The team will also receive feedback and input from the satellite's imagery, which they will use to refine the form factor and imaging capabilities of the upcoming batch of commercial-grade satellites.

The Anand microsatellite, which weighs about 15 kg and has a total of 150+ thin sliced bands, is the result of more than 2 years of work by the Pixxel team to build a highly demanding hyperspectral imager and an ultra-stable satellite platform for imaging. 

It can observe the planet in a great deal more detail than any of today's non-hyperspectral satellites. In a sun-synchronous lower earth orbit, it will be launched at a height of about 510 kilometres above the planet's surface.

 Applications involving climate change, agriculture, and urban planning will all be possible thanks to the satellite's data. The launch of the new satellite will strengthen Pixxel's commitment to offering the best possible earth imaging data for monitoring the planet by delivering high resolution imagery on a daily basis. 

With this launch, Pixxel moves one step closer to realising its vision of establishing a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral satellites for continuous earth observation.