US media: India plans to launch more than 50 spy satellites after a conflict with Pakistan
Russian Satellite News Agency, Moscow, January 21 - According to a report by Bloomberg citing sources, India plans to launch more than 50 spy satellites in May 2025 after a conflict with Pakistan to strengthen national security.
The report said: "After encountering surveillance blind spots in the border conflict last year, India plans to launch more than 50 spy satellites to enhance its national security capabilities."
The report also emphasized that India's existing satellites cannot take images at night or on cloudy days, so the plan is to equip them with devices capable of imaging at night and transmitting satellite-to-satellite data without using ground communication stations.
The report said that these 52 spy satellites are the first part of India's overall plan to strengthen border security, which will involve launching about 150 different satellites.
Sources also revealed that the government of Prime Minister Modi is considering the possibility of building ground communication stations overseas to speed up data transmission.
Data from a space equipment tracking website shows that India currently has more than 100 satellites in orbit, while Pakistan has only 8.
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