Imagery and Sensing
April 27, 2022
Spire Global is rolling out new weather solutions for the maritime industry that the company says can analyze how upcoming weather conditions affect business operations. Spire announced the new offerings — Weather Insights and Weather by Route — on Wednesday. The company said these offerings combine weather data collected from its constellation of more than…
April 25, 2022
Orbital Insight will incorporate imagery it purchased from Satellogic into its own geospatial data platform, the companies announced Monday. Orbital Insight operates the self-service geospatial data GO platform, which combines information from satellite, automatic identification system (AIS) data, and IoT device sensors to analyze economic, societal, and environmental trends. Its customers include Unilever, Airbus, RBC…
April 21, 2022
Planet Labs announced Thursday that its next-generation Pelican constellation will provide up to 30 cm resolution. The constellation is also designed for greater revisit rate and will and give customers 12 imaging opportunities per day over most of the Earth and up to 30 imaging opportunities per day in mid-latitudes. This is the same resolution…
April 20, 2022
Maxar Technologies announced Wednesday it made a strategic investment in geospatial analytics company Blackshark.ai to boost its 3D Earth Intelligence product portfolio. Maxar said this investment combines its satellite imagery with Blackshark.ai’s semantic 3D geospatial platform. Maxar did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Blackshark.ai platform processes satellite imagery and detects and segments objects,…