Imagery and Sensing

BlackSky Technology secured multi-year contracts to support the development of India’s commercial Earth observation capabilities, the company announced Feb. 13. The unnamed customer will have access to a BlackSky Spectra...

SatVu is looking to reach the U.S. government market by offering its archive of high-resolution HotSat-1 imagery to U.S. government agencies through the Global Data Marketplace (GDM). This program streamlines...

The Canadian Space Agency awarded Spire Global Canada and OroraTech a $72 million Canadian dollar ($50 million) contract to design and develop a dedicated satellite constellation to monitor wildfires in...

The fifth and sixth satellites in Maxar’s WorldView Legion constellation are performing well after a Wednesday evening launch.  SpaceX launched the satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space...

SKY Perfect JSAT is entering the Earth Observation (EO) market in a big way. Sky Perfect JSAT is Planet‘s previously unnamed partner investing $230 million for its own Low-Earth Orbit...

Planet Labs announced a multi-year, $230 million agreement with an unnamed Asia-Pacific commercial partner to build and deliver a constellation of new Pelican high-resolution satellites. Planet announced the deal on...

BlackSky Technology won a seven-year contract worth over $100 million with an unnamed, strategic international defense partner for real-time, space-based monitoring capabilities, the company announced Jan. 28. The deal includes...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) selected 13 companies to provide geospatial intelligence under the Luno B contract, the agency announced Wednesday.  Luno B is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract...

BlackSky Technology won a one-year extension with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract for its satellite imagery. BlackSky announced the extension on Jan. 14,...

Talos, a German based space startup signed a new four-year agreement with nonprofit the Max Planck Society to launch ICARUS 2.0, a cubesat constellation for space-based animal tracking. The partnership...