TRISHNA satellite is in advanced stage of realisation, says ISRO official
ISRO and France's CNES are in the final stages of developing the TRISHNA satellite, designed for high-resolution Earth observation and water resource management. The satellite is scheduled for launch within the next 12 to 16 months.
Why it matters
This mission represents a significant Indo-French collaboration in space technology, aimed at improving global climate monitoring and water resource efficiency.
The Indo-French satellite TRISHNA (Thermal Infra-Red Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment) will be launched in the next 12-16 months, said Jasvinder Singh Khoral, Director (Projects), U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), on Sunday (October 11, 2026).
He said this was the third satellite that India and France are developing after Megha-Tropiques and SARAL (Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA) satellites.
“This particular project has been around for a decade or so in its conceptualisation and formalisation. Now it has come to the realisation stage. It is at a point where, in the next 12 -16 months, we will be due for launch,” Mr. Khoral said while speaking at the TRISHNA Water for Tomorrow workshop.
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