Valued at billions of dollars over the next decade, these contracts mark a historic expansion of the NRO’s acquisition of commercial imagery to meet increasing customer demands with greater capacity than ever before. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) today announced the results of its largest-ever commercial imagery contract effort, awarding Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contracts […]
Earth Observation (EO)
ICEYE Launches 5 New SAR Smallsats Via The SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission
ICEYE has successfully launched five new SAR satellites — all spacecraft were launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare mission via EXOLAUNCH from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Communication has successfully been established with each spacecraft. ICEYE and ICEYE US have now deployed 21 satellites since 2018, including commercial and dedicated customer missions. ICEYE’s satellite constellation is […]
Satellogic Announces Successful SpaceX Launch Of Four Additional Satellites
By 2025, the Company aims to have over 200 satellites in orbit to provide daily remaps of the entire surface of the Earth, and up to 40 revisits of points of interest per day. Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation (“EO”) data collection, announced the launch of four additional satellites from Cape […]
OHB + ESA Sign Rider-Contract For The 2nd Copernicus CO2M EO Development Phase
The CO2M mission of the European Earth Observation Program, Copernicus aims to specifically measure how much climate-changing carbon dioxide is actually released into the atmosphere by human activities. OHB System AG, a subsidiary of the space and technology group OHB SE, was awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) two years ago for […]
Terran Orbital Integrates Fleet Space, GeoOptics, And NASA Satellites Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Prior to Transporter-5 Launch
Terran Orbital designs, builds, and integrates satellite solutions that help solve some of the world’s most complex problems…” Terran Orbital Corporation, a global provider of satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, announced the successful integration of six Terran Orbital designed and built satellites aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prior […]
Amazon Web Services Names The 10 Participants For Their 2022 AWS Space Accelerator Program
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected 10 participants for the 2022 AWS Space Accelerator — this year’s finalists brought forward pioneering ideas that will draw valuable insights from the depths of the ocean floor to the surface of the moon… and nearly everything in between. This global group of emerging startups from across the United […]
Enhanced Australian Operations Announced By Satellogic To Serve The APAC Region
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) is enhancing the company’s operations in the Australian market to strengthen regional customer relationships and provide local support for a growing APAC space economy — the regional presence will be overseen by Ken Fritschel, Vice President, International Sales, Satellogic. Currently, Satellogic operates 22 high resolution satellites and expects to grow its […]
Airbus’ Final Two Dispenser-Free Pléiades Neo Constellation Satellites Ready For Launch
The last two satellites of the Airbus-built, owned and operated Pléiades Neo constellation are on track for launch later this year, following successful final tests in Toulouse’s clean rooms. Following the seamless parallel integration of both Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 satellites, and the successful conclusion of the environment (thermal vacuum, acoustic, vibration) test campaign, […]
Savilis Reveals SpaceTech’s Rapid Growth Likely Will Create New Global Real Estate Requirements
Savills has seen global venture capital (VC) investment growth of 67% per annum for the past three years, and is therefore likely to drive a spate of new requirements for real estate globally. Because of the dramatic rise in investment in the take-up of real estate by the life science sector over the past few […]
NOAA Is Predicting A Below-Normal 2022 Central Pacific Hurricane Season
There is a 60% chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity during the Central Pacific hurricane season this year, according to NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, divisions of the National Weather Service — the outlook also indicates a 30% chance for near-normal activity and only a 10% chance of an above-normal […]