Kleos Space successfully completed a hardware critical design review milestone on the second satellite cluster of the Polar Vigilance Mission (KSF1) and is on track for its mid-year 2021 launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Frankfurt, Germany-based space Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) company is under a rideshare contract with Spaceflight Inc. Satellite developer ISISpace conducted…

After winning the Telesat deal, Thales Alenia Space has followed up with another major contract worth 772 million euros ($929.8 million) with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Union represented by the European Commission. The deal was announced March 3. Thales Alenia Space will provide six satellites as part of…

Commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provider Iceye has entered into a partnership for a joint offering with Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance. The partnership will combine Iceye’s flood monitoring with Swiss Re's risk knowledge to provide tailored solutions for reinsurance and insurance clients. The strategic partnership will initially…

ST Engineering's geospatial intelligence subsidiary Geo-Insights will now offer BlackSky satellite imaging and data analytics products to customers in Southeast Asia, after the two companies finalized a partnership agreement. Geo-Insights currently provides geospatial solutions that integrate optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. In addition to gaining reseller status in Southeast Asia, this new partnership…