The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6, 2023, caused widespread destruction in both countries. The initial, stronger earthquake emanated from a […]
Earth Observation (EO)
Japan’s new H3 rocket scheduled to launch on February 15th.
On Wednesday, February 15th, the maiden flight of Japan’s H3 rocket is scheduled to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center located in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. The H3 rocket, […]
Planet SkySats capture images of the major earthquake in Turkey
These two Planet SkySat images were captured on February 7, 2023, and reveals major damage in central Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in the aftermath of yesterday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Orbital Insight launched the TerraScope geospatial intelligence platform
Orbital Insight toward the close of last year announced the launch of TerraScope, a self-serve, analytics platform. Designed for automated analysis of phone, car, truck, ship location, and satellite imagery, […]
KSAT awarded with ESA study for future Earth Observation dataflow architecture
Recently, KSAT became the lead to study the efficient distribution of future ground station locations and use of novel downlink protocols, as prime contractor with partners DLR, Kongsberg Defence and […]
SatRev signs with Virgin Orbit for additional satellite launches + awarded million$ contract
Virgin Orbit (NASDAQ: VORB) and satellite manufacturer SatRev have announced a follow-on, launch services agreement (LSA) for additional launches of SatRev’s satellites in 2023 and beyond. This new agreement provides […]
Xplore multi-sensor satellites to offer space data products under NOAA imagery license
Xplore, Inc.,’s multi-sensor XCRAFT is the first in a constellation to serve Earth Observation (EO), space domain awareness (SDA) and astronomy customers. Xplore Inc., a space company providing space data […]
ACME Lithium locates samples with high lithium values using ASTERRA satellite technology
ASTERRA and ACME Lithium, Inc. (ACME) are collaborating together to take advantage of the former’s satellite-based technology that was used in the discovery of the highest values of lithium to […]
Alaska Satellite Facility selects new director with a history from within the institution
There’s a new director at Alaska Satellite Facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Wade Albright has been with ASF since 1996, just five years after it became […]
KSAT awarded with ESA-study for future EO dataflow architecture
Together with partners German Aerospace Center (DLR), Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace and Airbus Defence and Space, KSAT will analyze optimized downlink scenarios for future European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Observation […]