The Indian Space Research Organization signed a pact with Indian Institute of Astrophysics to establish an optical telescope under “Project NETRA”.
Project NETRA was launched by ISRO in September 2019.
Under the Project, ISRO plans to set up observational facilities that will help in making early warnings to satellites about debris and hazards in their orbit.
The project will help India detect threats to Indian satellites from debris.
Currently, India operates 15 communication satellites, 13 remote sensing satellites and eight navigation satellites.
Apart from ISRO, DRDO (Defence Research Development Organisation) operates NETRA (Network Traffic Analysis).
It is a software network used to analyse internet traffic.
It is used by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other intelligence agencies of Government of India.