Imagery and Sensing

The Australian government signed a deal with Iceye for flood and bushfire hazard data across the country. The agreement for access to Iceye’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery will […]

Hyperspectral startup Wyvern is working with Loft Orbital to expand its Dragonette satellite constellation, booking a slot on an upcoming Loft Orbital mission.  Wyvern will be a part of a […]

The intelligence community and U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) on Thursday released the executive summary of a new framework that outlines the roles and responsibilities of the government in helping to protect […]

SatSure, an Earth observation startup based in India and focused on using satellite data for agricultural insurance use cases, raised $15 million in a Series A round. Baring Private Equity […]

Orbital Sidekick (OSK) shared the first images from its three hyperspectral satellites launched on two SpaceX rideshare missions earlier this year. The satellites are the first in the GHOSt constellation, […]

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) plans to launch a multi-spectral optical satellite on Friday, Aug. 25, a first for major university in Hong Kong. HKUST announced […]

Satellogic signed an agreement with Quant Data & Analytics, a Saudi provider of data solutions for real estate and retail sectors. Quant plans to use Satellogic’s high-resolution satellite imagery to […]

Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS has tapped Rocket Lab for a dedicated Electron launch, switching mission providers after Virgin Orbit went out of business. The mission is set for September […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded weather app MyRadar a grant for a satellite mission to improve resilience against wildfires. MyRadar announced the Phase II small business innovation […]

Planet has closed its acquisition of Slovenian company Sinergise to expand and enhance its Earth Data Platform. Planet announced the acquisition in March of this year.   Sinergise makes the technology […]

Space-based data, analytics and space services provider Spire Global turned in one of its best fiscal quarter performances in 2Q 2023, reporting its strongest revenue haul and lowest operating loss […]

BlackSky Technology reported $19.3 million in revenue in the second quarter of 2023, up 28% from the prior year period, citing increased demand for satellite imagery and monitoring. The company […]

The U.S. government lifted certain restrictions on commercial remote sensing satellite companies on Monday. The changes came from NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office, which is a division […]

IBM announced this week that IBM’s geospatial foundation model watsonx.ai, which is built from NASA‘s satellite data, will now be openly available on AI platform Hugging Face. IBM says this […]

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is committing a further 15 million pounds ($19.1 million) in funding for satellite Earth observation (EO) technologies. The UKSA announced the new initiative Aug. 2. […]

Radio frequency (RF) data provider Kleos Space is preparing to file for bankruptcy, announcing July 26 that it is unable to meet its financial obligations.  The company said in a […]

Indian hyperspectral earth-imaging technology firm Pixxel won a grant under the Indian Air Force‘s iDEX Prime program to manufacture miniaturized multi-payload satellites, the company announced Tuesday. Pixxel will to develop […]

Space data and analytics provider Spire Global launched a new weather monitoring and alerting platform on Wednesday that it hopes will “revolutionize global weather awareness for the energy, supply chain […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design an aircraft surveillance system. It is a 16 million euro phased contract for a project called EURIALO, which […]

PlanetiQ is beginning to deliver radio occlusion data to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under a previously awarded contract. PlanetiQ announced this week it will begin daily delivery of […]

RDC Aviation, a tech and data services provider for the air transport industry, is a new customer for Spire Global’s aviation data. In a deal announced Tuesday, Spire will supply […]

HawkEye 360 Inc. said on July 13 that it has raised $58 million in a Series D-1 round of funding from venture capital and private equity firms, including BlackRock, Manhattan Venture Partners, Insight […]

Marine enforcement company OceanMind is expanding its agreement with Spire Global for automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports […]

Muon Space has been awarded an option to the company’s contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC) to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.  Under this […]

Maxar Technologies has a new Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) now available as an initial release, for access to Earth observation intelligence. The company said MGP was designed to simplify discovery, […]

The government of Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for a pilot program for maritime domain awareness in the Pacific Islands, the company announced July 6. The pilot program […]

OroraTech is expanding its partnership with Spire Global to build, launch, and operate an eight-satellite constellation dedicated to global temperature monitoring. The two companies announced the partnership on June 28. […]

The European Union (EU) has added nine startups to contribute data to the Copernicus project. Each startup will receive a 5 million euro contract to provide additional data to Copernicus.  […]

HawkEye 360‘s Cluster 7 satellites have begun operation just under two months after launching into orbit on April 15 — a new record for the space-based radio frequency (RF) data […]

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery provider Capella Space has been awarded a five year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by NASA‘s Earth Science Division for high-resolution SAR imagery. The agreement will […]