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Detailed explanation-1: -Chairman, ISRO laid foundation stone for Space Situational Awareness Control Centre at Peenya, Bengaluru on 2nd August, which is an important milestone in the progress of ISRO.
Detailed explanation-2: -ISRO SSA Control Centre, “NETRA”, is now set up within the ISTRAC campus at Peenya, Bangalore.
Detailed explanation-3: -Space Situational Awareness (SSA) refers to keeping track of objects in orbit and predicting where they will be at any given time. It involves monitoring the movement of all objects - natural (meteors) and man-made (satellites) - and tracking space weather.
Detailed explanation-4: -About: ‘Project NETRA’ is an early warning system in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites. Once operational, it will give India its own capability in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) like the other space powers.
Detailed explanation-5: -NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance) set up in 2009 is the outcome of this vision.