KSAT develops a dark vessel detection service. Photo: KSAT

KSAT has made a significant move in the area of maritime situational awareness. It is launching a new vessel detection service called Vake Powered By KSAT, to monitor areas and vessels of interest from a variety of different data sources. KSAT announced the platform launch, Jan. 27.

In 2024, KSAT acquired VAKE, a company with expertise in AI-powered analytics and intuitive user interfaces, developed in collaboration with European coast guards and navies. This platform now combines KSAT’s satellite antenna network and maritime expertise with VAKE’s advanced AI and visualization. The goal of the product is to make space-powered maritime situational awareness easier to access, integrate, and use.

“Space is an important contributor and piece of the puzzle when building the recognized maritime picture since it provides large area coverage, high richness in details and can make collections over areas of interest that are inaccessible from other platforms like drones or airplanes. We want to make the space domain convenient for users to draw upon through timely, relevant and reliable data compilation, which is available through one single platform where it will even be possible to task new satellite collection, Karstein Ringjord, director of Maritime Situational Awareness for KSAT said in a statement.