Capella Space has rolled out two new data types using its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery. The new data types, Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC) and Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD), were announced June 9.  GEC is suited for users who want to interpret SAR data through imagery. According to Capella, the GEC image product type…

Canadian technology startup SkyWatch Space Applications signed an agreement to deliver data management capabilities to Polish commercial space company SatRevolution and its 14-satellite STORK remote sensing constellation. SkyWatch's TerraStream platform will provide data management, ordering, processing, and delivery services for SatRevolution's STORK-4 and STORK-5 3U cubesats — the first optical satellites to be launched as…

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed its contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence & Space for the next generation of navigation satellites, after a European court dismissed a protest by OHB System AG.  ESA first announced the contracts, worth a total of 1.47 billion euros ($1.8 billion), in January. OHB, which is…

Indra and Enaire have tapped GomSpace for a 14.5 million euro project ($17.7 million) to develop three satellites as demonstration satellites for a global air traffic management constellation. GomSpace announced the award on May 27.  Indra is a Spanish technology and consulting company, and Enaire is Spain’s air navigation manager. The two entities have formed…