India’s First Private-Sector Military Satellite TSAT‑1A: How a Tata-Built ‘Eye in the Sky’ Rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit
India’s defence and space ambitions took a decisive private-sector turn in 2024 when TSAT‑1A, a compact but powerful Earth‑observation satellite built by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) in collaboration with Satellogic, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Branded as India’s first private sector-produced