Imagery and Sensing

Planet Labs Federal, a subsidiary of Planet Labs, was awarded a contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific for vessel detection and monitoring over key areas in the...

  Earth observation and geospatial technology company Nuview, acquired software service platform Astræa Tuesday. Nuview plans to use Astræa’s AI-driven distribution and analysis tools to develop a high-throughput Earth observation...

Finnish hyperspectral startup Kuva Space is working to break into the U.S. market, recently hiring former Iceye US CEO Jerry Welsh to lead the company’s expansion in the U.S. The company...

Synspective is teaming up with the National Remote Sensing Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam and Fujitsu Vietnam to help with natural disaster preparedness, natural resource...

BlackSky Technology shared more details this week about a recent $50 million deal to supply subscription imagery and analytics to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD). In this deal, the...

SpaceX launched NASA’s satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of climate change into orbit early Thursday morning. After being rescheduled twice due to weather conditions,...

BlackSky Technology won a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) for the third phase of the Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique (SMART) program.  BlackSky has won previous...

Synspective is increasing its reach into key Central Asian markets. The Japanese SAR satellite data and analytics solution provider has entered into MoUs with Uzbekistan’s Center for Space Monitoring and...

Albedo raised a $35 million Series A-1 financing round announced on Tuesday, to launch the company’s first operational satellite to collect ultra-high resolution imagery. These funds bring Albedo’s total funding...

The Earth Observation (EO) market is one of the most dynamic in satellite right now. As the fight against climate change rages on, satellite companies in this area have a...