# Pixxel launches its first three Firefly hyperspectral satellites on SpaceX Transporter-12

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/pixxel-launches-its-first-three-firefly-hyperspectral-satellites-on-01f72a06
Date: 14 Jan 2025
About: [Pixxel](https://technooptimist.io/companies/pixxel.md) · [Firefly constellation](https://technooptimist.io/spaceflight/fireflies.md)
Original source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/google-backed-pixxel-launches-indias-first-private-satellite-constellation

Bengaluru-based Pixxel launched its first three commercial Fireflies from Vandenberg, calling them the world's highest-resolution hyperspectral constellation and India's first private commercial constellation. They image at 5 m resolution across a 40 km swath and carry their own propulsion, with lifetimes of up to seven years versus two for its demo satellites.

## Key facts

- Three more Fireflies were planned for later in 2025.
- Pixxel had over 60 customers, including India's agriculture ministry, BP and NASA.
- It had raised $95 million, from investors including Google and Lightspeed.
- Pixxel chose SpaceX over ISRO for timing and orbit.

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