Pixxel: Building a Health Monitor for Planet Earth

Founded by young BITS Pilani graduates Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal, Pixxel is building a massive constellation of ultra-high-resolution hyper-spectral Earth-imaging satellites.

1. What is Hyper-Spectral Imaging?

Standard cameras capture light in three visible bands: Red, Green, and Blue (RGB). Pixxel's sensors capture light across hundreds of contiguous spectral bands, capturing invisible chemical, physical, and biological details of the land below.

2. High-Impact Applications

• Agriculture: Detecting early crop diseases, pest infestations, and soil moisture variations long before they are visible to the naked eye.
• Environment: Pinpointing precise gas leaks, greenhouse gas emissions, and tracking forest degradation.
• Mining & Resources: Assessing mineral configurations and mapping ocean pollution.