Imagery and Sensing

Capella Space on Tuesday said it has raised more than $60 million in new funding it will put toward new expanding its next-generation of radar satellites and new data products as […]

Poland has ordered two Earth observation (EO) satellites from Airbus based on the Airbus Pléiades Neo satellites for sovereign observation capabilities. The deal, announced Jan. 4, is the first export […]

U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Maxar Technologies new contract awards worth up to $35.8 million. The NGA is the government agency that delivers geospatial intelligence to policymakers, military service […]

L3Harris Technologies is selling its Visual Information Solutions (VIS) commercial geospatial technology and software business to engineering services company NV5 Global. NV5 announced the acquisition on Dec. 22 and did […]

Maxar Technologies on Friday said it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Advent International for about $4 billion in cash, a $53 per share price that […]

Planet Labs closed out its third quarter of fiscal year 2023 with $49.7 million in revenue, up 57% year-over-year. Planet, which sells satellite imagery and geospatial solutions, is in its […]

Satellogic signed a letter of intent with Mexico’s space agency for a dedicated satellite constellation to deliver multi-spectral imaging.  Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM) signed the letter for a constellation-as-a-service program, […]

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlights the federal use of commercial imagery provided through the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) by eight […]

Accenture and Planet have formed a partnership to collaborate on sustainability and impact initiatives, including supply chain strategy and climate risk assessments, the companies announced Dec. 6. The collaboration will […]

Iceye’s satellite data will support maritime operations under a new contract the operator signed with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), announced Dec. 7.  EMSA is a European Union agency […]

Terran Orbital has formed a new business division, the Optical Solutions Group (OSG) focused on electro-optical (EO) satellite imaging products. The new group has been tasked with developing new space-based […]

SpaceX is venturing into Earth observation (EO) and hosted payloads for national security use, with a new business line called Starshield. The company added a section to its website for […]

Sidus Space has signed an MoU with yacht design company Capital C for access to its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for maritime monitoring purposes. Capital C is developing a line […]

Satellite Vu has signed a new deal with a Japanese space company, Japan Space Imaging Corporation (JSI) that will see JSI use Satellite Vu’s imagery, products, and services to expand […]

Insurtech company Betterview signed a deal to add Iceye’s satellite data into the third-party marketplace in its Property Intelligence & Risk Management Platform. Betterview helps insurers identify and manage property […]

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) has doubled the ceiling value of a contract for analytics to monitor economic impacts. NGA announced this week it is raising the value of […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has issued a solicitation for the commercial provision of hyperspectral imagery. NRO Director Chris Scolese announced the new NRO effort during a Nov. 15 Leadership […]

United Launch Alliance lifted a weather forecasting satellite to orbit on Thursday morning for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA.  The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 launched […]

Airline JetBlue has selected Tomorrow.io as its end-to-end weather forecasting technology for global operations, after a process to evaluate weather and climate solutions.  Tomorrow.io and JetBlue have been working together […]

Airbus HAPS Connectivity Business has signed a letter of intent with Japan’s Space Compass to serve the Japanese market with mobile connectivity and Earth observation with the Zephyr HAPS platform. […]

Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) company Synspective will now distribute its SAR solutions in North America, through a new distribution partnership with Frontier Precision.  Frontier Precision, based in North Dakota, […]

Maxar Technologies on Thursday said it acquired Wovenware, which specializes in artificial intelligence and software developing, and will make the Puerto Rico-based company one of its software development and AI/machine learning […]

RESTON, VA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is close to finishing a request for proposals to acquire commercial hyperspectral satellite data and hopes to release an RFP by the […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design a satellite to carry sensors to measure the ionosphere. The contract is part of DARPA’s Ouija […]

Virgin Orbit will launch satellites for Spire Global, including three satellites dedicated to the NorthStar Earth & Space space situational awareness (SSA) constellation, in mid-2023.  NorthStar is using Spire’s space […]

Iceye is working with partners New Light Technologies (NLT) and Bana Solutions (Bana) to give flood insights to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), covering four recent major flood events. […]

Mission Space signed an MoU with Sidus Space to partner on space weather intelligence data collection. Luxembourg-based startup Mission space is working to monitor space weather. It will deploy its […]

BlackSky Technology received a one-year, follow-on contract worth $10 million to provide an  international ministry of defense customer in Asia. The Tuesday announcement was short on details about the unnamed […]

Planet launched a nonprofit program to provide access to the company’s satellite imagery. The program provides access to Planet imagery and support services for nonprofits and non-governmental organizations with the goal […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) which will see it provide data reception support of the Biomass satellite scheduled for launch in late […]