At a time when climate change is front and center across the world, a lot of focus is on governments to provide action, but it is also incumbent on technology companies to come up with solutions. One such company is PlanBlue, a company based in Germany that is pioneering the concept of “underwater satellites” to…

Iceye has signed a deal to provide flood analysis to insurance tech company McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS). This data will be used to deliver property loss numbers to the Lloyd’s market in the United Kingdom via the MIS Global Events Observer (GEO) platform. Iceye will provide MIS with its flood depth measurement data, which it…

Capella Space plans to add optical communication terminals to future satellites, and will use Mynaric’s terminals, the company announced Tuesday. In addition, Capella plans to demonstrate the terminals’ compatibility with the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)'s new National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA).  Capella Space is a commercial provider of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), imagery that…

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has revealed new details this week at COP26 for a United Kingdom-led mission that will aim to set a new benchmark to detect change in Earth’s climate system. This mission called TRUTHS — Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies — will aim to be the gold standard reference for…