Six smallsats developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) were successfully launched by the SpaceX Transporter-5 rideshare mission on May 25th. The three GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring and three HawkEye 360 radio frequency (RF) geolocation smallsats bring to 36 the total number of SFL-built satellites placed into orbit since 2020. The recently launched GHGSat-C3, C4, and […]
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Thales Alenia Space and AIKO To Develop Advanced Software For Space Applications
“By using AI to enhance autonomous monitoring, detection, processing and data transfer capabilities on spacecraft, we are shaping new mission paradigms in space exploration.” Thales Alenia Space and the start-up AIKOS.r.l. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop advanced software for space systems. Their partnership will primarily study the use of artificial intelligence […]
HawkEye 360 Signal Detection Reveals GPS Interference In Ukraine + Debuts A New Space-Based Interference Sensing Product
HawkEye 360 Inc. recently announced the capability to detect and geolocate Global Positioning System (GPS) interference, with analysis of data over Ukraine revealing extensive GPS interference activity. HawkEye 360 uses satellites to monitor radio frequency signals for interference that might threaten military and civil navigation applications. The capability was tested last year in a variety […]
Teledyne Technologies’ Infrared Detectors Aboard The James Webb Space Telescope
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) provided 15, extremely sensitive, H2RG infrared detectors that are used in three of the four science instruments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec). Ten Teledyne detectors in NIRCam will study the structure and morphology of the universe. […]
Multiclass Ship Detection Algorithms Now Within Orbital Insight’s GO Platform
Orbital Insight has launched multiclass object detection algorithms within its GO platform. Multiclass object detection uses advanced computer vision algorithms to identify and differentiate between classes of ships, aircraft and vehicles within satellite imagery. The state-of-the-art multiclass ship detection algorithms will bring immediate benefits to the defense and intelligence community for security, supply chain and […]