Arianespace has been selected by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch Kompsat-7. Arianespace Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stephane Israël and KARI President Lim Cheol-Ho signed the Kompsat-7 launch contract today. Using a Vega C launcher, the mission will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, from December 2021. Developed by…

E-Geos won an international contract announced by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in Indonesia, in support of operations at the SAR (Synthetic Radar Aperture) ground station located in the Perançak Space Center The agreement's objective is to guarantee satellite monitoring of illegal fishing within the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone, and E-Geos will…

Planet and Orbital Insight, a geospatial analytics provider, entered a multi-year contract for Orbital Insight to source daily, global satellite imagery from Planet. The contract is an expansion of their previous imagery-sharing agreement. Orbital Insight develops analytics software using geospatial datasets, such as Planet's imagery collections, providing timely intelligence to decision-makers across various industries. Now, Orbital…

The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) PSLV launcher has successfully placed the Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)-built NovaSAR-1 radar imaging satellite into orbit. NovaSAR-1, which carries an S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) built by Airbus, will monitor the Earth uninterrupted, thanks to the ability of the SAR to see through cloud cover. The UK Space…