CATALYST, a PCI Geomatics brand, has introduced CATALYST Microservices, a library of geospatial workflows and algorithms optimized to process Earth image data on the cloud at scale. Applicable to more […]
Archives for February 2021
Ellipsis Drive Spatial Data Platform Gains Millions With Successful Funding Efforts
Ellipsis Drive has announced their seed round funding of $2.3 million, with this funding round led by Pierre Festal, partner at Promus Ventures, with participation from Techstars, represented by Dr. […]
Space Micro Award By U.S.A.F. To Enhance SDRs For Smallsat Programs
The U.S. Air Force, through its AFWERX program, recently awarded Space Micro Inc. an STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) contract to enhance its current Nanocom™ Software Defined Radio (SDR) for […]
Optical Comms Network Intro’d By Xensis
Xenesis, Inc. has announced their first, all optical ,communication service from space to ground, dubbed “Xen-link,” reaching anywhere on the Earth that can connect to the terrestrial internet backbone. Xen-Link […]
Teledyne Technologies Image Sensors On Mars With Perseverance
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) has contributed several of the company’s advanced, high performance, image sensors to form part of the complex instrumentation onboard the Mars Rover Perseverance. Teledyne sensors will […]
Team of Japanese Space Enthusiasts Set To Launch Selfie-Taking satellite
A miniature satellite capable of taking pictures of itself, developed as a passion project by company employees, students and others in Japan, is being launched in the United States during […]
French Armed Forces and Thales Expertise to Expand Secure Satellite Communication Capabilities
This crucial program milestone will enhance the performance of the ground segment across all theaters of operation for the three branches of the French military… Thales has been chosen by […]
BlackSky Holdings + Osprey Technology Acquisition Join Forces
BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky” and Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (“Osprey”) (NYSE: SFTW), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that would […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing
Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were […]
SpaceX Starlink To Take On Eutelsat Konnect
Elon Musk’s broadband-by-satellite Starlink business is readying to open for business in Europe. The markets invited include France, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy and others. The company plans to launch its […]