Project NETRA - Network for space object Tracking and Analysis is an early warning system of ISRO, launched in 2019.
It aims for early warning in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites.
Under the project, the ISRO plans to put up many observational facilities such as
Connected radars,
Telescopes,
Data processing units
Control centre
The project will give India its own capability in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) like the other space powers which is used to ‘predict’ threats from debris to Indian satellites.
NETRA’s eventual goal is to capture the GEO, or geostationary orbit, scene at 36,000 km where communication satellites operate.
The effort would make India a part of international efforts towards tracking, warning about and mitigating space debris.
