ICEYE in Helsinki, Finland announced it has launched two new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, expanding its capacity for high-resolution Earth observation. The satellites were deployed as part […]
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ICEYE closes million$$ extension to existing growth funding round
ICEYE has closed a $65 million extension of the company’s earlier growth funding round of $93 million that was announced in April 2024. The funding round extension included participation from […]
Rocket Lab sets the launch window for Synspective satellite deployment
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced a launch window for an upcoming Electron mission to deploy the latest satellite in Synspective’s growing Earth Observation (EO) constellation. The “Owl […]
Mechanical issue delays ESA’s Vega-C’s launch of Sentinel-1C to Thursday
Update: launch postponed to Thursday 5 December 2024. Due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry, the launch chronology has been stopped. The earliest targeted launch […]
Umbra selected for NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancements Stage III
Umbra has been awarded the Stage III option of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s (NRO) Commercial Radar Capabilities contract — this contract, part of the NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) initiative, […]
ESA signs contracts to advance Greece’s Earth Observation capabilities
The European Space Agency has signed six contracts that will help position Greece as a key player in the field of Earth Observation (EO). The contracts fall under Greece’s National […]
Rheinmetall + ICEYE to provide satellite imagery to the Ukraine — plus — ICEYE + Aechelon Technology partner for SAR satellite and ML technology solutions
The strengthened cooperation between Rheinmetall and SAR satellite company ICEYE, announced in September 2024, is already bearing fruit — to meet Ukraine‘s urgent demands for SAR satellite reconnaissance capabilities, Rheinmetall […]
Synspective starts full-scale ops at the Yamato Technology Center for SAR satellite production
Synspective Inc., a provider of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics solutions, has announced that the Yamato Technology Center, a new manufacturing site for small SAR satellites, began […]
Silicon Sensing celebrates its IMU’s fourth year on the iQPS’ small SAR satellite
Silicon Sensing Systems’ DMU30 high performance inertial measurement unit (IMU) continues to perform within the control system of Japan’s first X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) small satellite from the Institute for […]
Arianespace will launch the EU’s Copernicus EO Sentinel-1C satellite
Earlier this month, Arianespace announced that the company will be launching the Sentinel-1C, a Copernicus satellite, for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European […]