NEtwork for space object TRacking and Analysis (NETRA) project

• NEtwork for space object TRacking and Analysis (NETRA) is the first ISRO project with the primary objective as Space Situational Awareness (SSA).

• The prime goal of the project is to establish a network of observational facilities and a control centre, to identify, track and catalogue space objects that threaten the safety of Indian space assets.

• The control centre will process the tracking information from the observational network and provide accurate & timely proximity alerts to mission operations centre.

• The location for establishing the optical telescope facility is identified as Hanle, Ladakh in INDIA.

• It is intended that a one-meter optical telescope with a high-resolution CCD camera should provide capability of detecting space objects of size 30 cm and above in Geo-Synchronous Orbit (GSO).

Location: Hanle, Ladakh

Altitude: 4500m

The facilities are proposed to be remotely operated from BENGALURU, INDIA.

Source: ISRO