Imagery and Sensing

Kleos Space successfully completed a hardware critical design review milestone on the second satellite cluster of the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) and is on track for its mid-year 2021 launch...

After winning the Telesat deal, Thales Alenia Space has followed up with another major contract worth 772 million euros ($929.8 million) with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf...

Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provider Iceye has entered into a partnership for a joint offering with Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance. The...

ST Engineering‘s geospatial intelligence subsidiary Geo-Insights will now offer BlackSky satellite imaging and data analytics products to customers in Southeast Asia, after the two companies finalized a partnership agreement. Geo-Insights...

Planet has entered into a satellite imagery data supply agreement with Manna Irrigation, an Israeli smart agriculture company that provides growers around the world with irrigation recommendations, crop monitoring maps,...

Another remote sensing satellite player has announced plans to launch a constellation in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA) aims to launch seven optical EOS SAT satellites into LEO...

Synspective has acquired its first image from its debut Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, marking the first commercial SAR image from a Japanese company. The satellite, dubbed striX-α, was launched...

In-space infrastructure services company Momentus will provide last-mile in-orbit delivery for San Mateo-based startup Xona Space Systems under the terms of a new contract the two companies announced on Thursday....

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has selected Eutelsat Communications to develop, integrate, and operate its next-generation EGNOS GEO-4 service. The 15-year contract, announced Tuesday, has a total value of 100...

Orbital Sidekick has finalized plans for its Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite constellation known as GHOSt, which will consist of six 100 kg satellites designed and manufactured by Astro Digital. The...