Some of the initial Planet imagery of the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County are published below, courtesy of Planet Labs PBC.
Smallsat Constellation
SIIS signs MOU with Pixxel to introduce hyperspectral satellite data in Korea
SIIS Co., Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pixxel, a U.S.-India-based space technology company that is building the world’s highest-resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation, to supply hyperspectral satellite […]
SpaceX’s busy week with launch of Starlink’s Group 12-11 smallsats on Wednesday
SpaceX is ready for another launch on Wednesday, January 8 at 7:24 am – 11:55 am PST, 3:24 PM UTC, at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. A batch of satellites for […]
SpaceX’s first of 2025 Starlink Group 6-71 smallsats launched on Monday
On Monday, January 6 at 3:43 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit to add to the constellation, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape […]
Millennium Space Systems names their CEO
Tony Gingiss has been named as the chief executive officer of Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company[NYSE: BA]. He has more than 30 years of experience in executive leadership, operations, […]
Eutelsat selects Airbus Defence and Space to build OneWeb LEO constellation extension
Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of the company’s OneWeb LEO constellation. Under a contract signed between […]
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 […]
BlueHalo selected by NGA for assessments of commercially acquired GEOINT data
BlueHalo has been selected as one of 10 vendors to provide unclassified commercial GEOINT-derived computer vision and analytic service capabilities for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite […]
Esper + Loft team up for next-generation hyperspectral imagery
Esper is collaborating with Loft Orbital (Loft) for the flight of the first, Four Leaf Clover (FLC) hyperspectral sensors on upcoming Loft satellites — the FLC constellation will support critical […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile signs up Vodafone
AST SpaceMobile wants to be the world’s space-based cellular supplier. The company has already secured Verizon in the U.S. and has now signed Vodafone to a global agreement which runs […]