Imagery and Sensing

BlackSky has responded to the remote work situation that many are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic by releasing the Spectra On-Demand Secure Bundle, which intelligence analyst can use to securely...

Airbus Defence and Space will develop and manufacture the thermal infrared instrument for the TRISHNA climate monitoring satellite for the French Space Agency (CNES), the organizations announced Monday.  TRISHNA, (Thermal...

Orbital Insight has been tentatively awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to help detect anomalies around the world using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and geospatial data.  The contract,...

NASA has expanded its subscription with Planet Labs and will provide the company’s Earth Observation (EO) imagery to all NASA-funded Earth science research programs, Planet announced on Thursday.  This decision...

Rocket Lab has signed a deal with Japanese satellite company Synspective to launch its first satellite, the companies announced Tuesday. Rocket plans to launch Synspective’s StriX-α Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)...

Atlas AI, a geospatial intelligence company, has raised $7 million its Series A round led by Airbus Ventures, with participation from Micron Technology and existing investor The Rockefeller Foundation. Also...

The third GPS III satellite launch will take place in late June at the earliest, two months later than scheduled, to minimize the potential of COVID-19 exposure to personnel, the...

Finnish startup Iceye has big ambitions — the smallsat company wants to do for satellite imagery what IBM did for computing in the ‘80s. “We want to democratize the technology,...

Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. has received a new order for a multi-band Gaia 5.5 m Gaia ground station. The high-gain dual S/X-band system will be installed in 2020.  Orbit said...

Iceye has unveiled capability of 25 cm resolution imaging with the company’s current commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) small satellite constellation of three in-orbit spacecraft. The Finnish company said its...