Pixxel to launch Remote Sensing Satellite

Current Context: The Bengaluru based private satellite-imaging company, Pixxel has decided to launch its first remote-sensing satellite on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in early 2021.

• For this purpose, it has signed a pact with New Space India Limited (NSIL).
• Both NSIL and Pixxel will work to enhance utilisation and maximise the benefits of space assets for India.
• This remote sensing satellite by Pixxel is said to address and offer solutions to many pressing environmental and agricultural issues. 
• Static Part: 
• HQ of Pixxel: Bengaluru
• Pixxel was founded in 2019 by Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal
• HQ of NSIL: Bengaluru

Question: 

Q.1 With whom Pixxel signed a pact to launch its first remote-sensing satellite on ISRO’s PSLV? 

a. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Uttarakhand 

b. New Space India Limited (NSIL)
c. Defence Space Agency
d. IIT Roorkee