Agriculture
October 1, 2021
The agriculture industry is accustomed to using satellite technology for GPS purposes, and now pushing deeper into satellite technology and using or exploring the use of imagery and sensing, and telecom capabilities. Al Savage, manager of the Starfire Network for John Deere spoke virtually on Wednesday as part of the SATELLITE 2021 Digital Encore, about…
August 13, 2021
Satellogic has signed a deal to provide satellite data to African geospatial solutions company GeoTerraImage. The data will be used for large-scale agriculture management and to develop new food systems and food-security solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the agreement announced Thursday, GeoTerraImage will use Satellogic’s high-resolution multispectral satellite data…
July 21, 2021
OrbComm is bringing its latest IoT innovation to the agriculture market. It announced July 20 that it had launched a wireless Tractor ID sensor, which aims to enable trailer pairing confirmation for improved driver and operational efficiency. This latest innovation in OrbComm’s’s smart truck solution is focused on bringing total tractor to trailer intelligence for…
July 9, 2021
John Deere, the U.S. agricultural farming giant, is likely to deepen its relationship with the satellite sector over the next few years. The company has a history with satellite and began to develop its StarFire Network in 1998. It was one world’s first global satellite-based augmentation system capable of real-time accuracy within a quarter of…