Current affairs: TRISHNA Indo-French satellite launch in 12–16 months, ISRO
TRISHNA satellite is in advanced stage of realisation, says ISRO official TRISHNA is the third satellite that India and France are developing after Megha-Tropiques and SARAL (Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA) satellites. The Indo-French satellite TRISHNA (Thermal Infra- Red Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural Resource Assessment) will be launched in the next 12- 16 months, said Jasvinder Singh Khoral, Director (Projects), U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), on Sunday (October 11, 2026) this was the third satellite that India and France are developing after Megha-Tropiques and SARAL (Satellite with ARGOS and ALTIKA) satellites. This particular project has been around for a decade or so in its conceptualisation and formalisation. Now it has come to the realisation stage. It is at a point where, in the next 12 -16 months, we will be due for launch," Mr. Khoral said while speaking at the TRISHNA Water for Tomorrow workshop.