Imagery and Sensing

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced plans to develop and launch a new satellite purpose-built to identify and measure methane emissions from human-made sources worldwide, starting with the oil and...

Although both government and private entities have used satellite imagery for agricultural purposes for years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says the technology still hasn’t peaked in maturity. The...

DigitalGlobe has formed a partnership with Ecopia Tech to use proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and cloud computing to create building footprints. By using Ecopia’s U.S. Building Footprints powered by...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected SSL to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. The Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) successfully activated two instruments built by Northrop Grumman on its newest weather satellite, which is performing post-launch procedures nominally after reaching orbit. The...

World View announced that it has successfully closed a $26.5 million Series C financing round led by Accel. The Series C also included major investment by Canaan and Norwest Venture...

NASA announced another delay for its $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project pushing back the potential launch date to May 2020 following continued integration and testing issues. Problems...

MDA has recently signed multiple geospatial-related contracts based on data from the Radarsat 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite. According to MDA, the contracts have a combined value of approximately...

Iceye has announced a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to mutually explore opportunities provided by Iceye’s technology. The cooperation encompasses activities that focus on the design of Iceye’s...

Radiant Solutions has signed a follow-on contract with the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) valued at $2.6 million for its Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) program. AGC exercised an option extending Radiant...