Imagery and Sensing

Satellogic detailed plans for its next-generation ‘Merlin’ satellites, designed to provide one-meter resolution. The company said that Merlin will be differentiated by its ability to provide daily mapping of the...

German tech startup Airmo has raised €5 million (~$5.8 million) in its seed round of funding, the company announced on Thursday. Airmo markets a proprietary sensor for detecting methane leaks...

BlackSky has won a seven-figure renewal deal with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). It has secured this award under the company’s NGA Luno A Facility Monitoring Delivery Order. According...

HawkEye 360 has raised a further $23 million to its Series E funding round, with participation from new investors Ghisallo, Principia Growth, and Sixty Degree Capital. Existing investor Strategic Development...

BlackSky’s 2025 financial performance was a mixed bag, with an increase in fourth quarter revenue and a 32% increase in backlog, despite an increase in the company’s net loss and...

Germany and Luxembourg-based sensing company Airmo will partner with satellite manufacturer EnduroSat to put its methane emissions monitoring technology into orbit, with the first satellite of a projected 12-satellite constellation...

Japanese satellite imagery providers Axelspace and Synspective finalized agreements with SKY Perfect JSAT, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi Electric to provide optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery respectively to the Japan...

Loft Orbital is partnering with SmartSat Cooperative Research Center to demonstrate an AI-powered wildfire detection software on its satellites, the hosted payload operator announced on Wednesday. The mission is meant...

BlackSky Technology announced a deal with an unnamed international customer for a dedicated Gen-3 satellite, along with BlackSky’s imagery and analytics services. The deal announced Tuesday will give BlackSky’s international...

Planet Labs’ German subsidiary is partnering with a new arm of insurance firm AXA to integrate its Earth Observation data into an AI-powered risk management system to monitor and predict...