As the satellite world enters a new era in which thousands upon thousands of satellites are launched into space, the onus will be on the industry to find new buyers of satellite capacity. A recent deal between Iceye, an ambitious European commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operator and flood monitoring provider and well-known insurance…

Big insurance and financial services firms have used satellite Earth Observation imagery for a decade or more, but over the past few years the market has ballooned — driven as much by advances in Earth-bound technology as by changes in orbit. A new generation of startups now sell subscription-based access to geospatial data, adding value…

Rocket Lab has won a contract to build a Mission Operations Control Center (MOCC) in Auckland, New Zealand for MethaneSAT. The contract was issued under a $26 million (NZD) New Zealand Government program supporting the reduction of methane emissions. MethaneSAT is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund. The company created a 350…

Earth Observation Data Analytics (EOSDA) is looking to use satellite technology to make a difference in the areas of agriculture, oil and gas, forestry, and disaster recovery. The company recently announced plans to launch seven optical EOS SAT satellites into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by 2024. One of the key objectives of this new satellite constellation…