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Commercial geospatial technologies that detect GPS disruptions to be tested in military exercises
U.S. military and allied forces in upcoming exercises will put to the test commercial technologies that could help detect GPS jamming or other activities that disrupt satellite-based navigation.
Orbital Insight and Asterra join forces to monitor infrastructure
Orbital Insight announced plans Aug. 9 to work with Israeli startup Asterra to jointly provide remote sensing analytics to water utilities, infrastructure organizations and other industries.
Microsoft reveals Azure Space Partner Community
Microsoft is expanding its relationships with space companies through the Azure Space Partner Community, an initiative unveiled July 19 at the Microsoft Inspire 2022 conference.
Synthetic data helps train algorithms to spot rare objects
Computer vision models only work after they have ingested extensive data of various objects, which is not always available.
Orbital Insight brings Satellogic data into its platform
Geospatial intelligence company Orbital Insight announced plans April 25 to bring high-resolution imagery from Satellogic, an Earth observation company based in Argentina, into its geospatial intelligence platform.
Microsoft expands Azure Space ecosystem
Microsoft offered further proof of its intent to play a growing role in the space sector by unveiling new Azure Space products and announcing partnerships with Airbus, Kongsberg Satellite Services, STE iDirect, Orbital Insight, ESRI and Blackshark.ai.
Satellite imagery is not yet flowing like water from a tap
SAN FRANCISCO – Companies are collecting more Earth imagery from satellites than ever before, but for some customers the data remains too expensive and too difficult to consume.
COVID analytics puts geospatial industry in spotlight
Satellite images and other data can be analyzed to forecast potential spreads of the disease and move resources to help combat it.
U.S. military is eager to take advantage of smallsats at scale if price is right
The U.S. military is eager to take advantage of small satellite constellations if the technology proves it can fulfill military requirements and the price is right.
Artificial intelligence extends into space
Like SES, government agencies and space companies are applying artificial intelligence to various problems they face.
Orbital Insight acquires computer vision startup FeatureX
Orbital Insight, a Silicon Valley geospatial analytics company, announced the purchase Sept. 18 of FeatureX, a Boston-based artificial intelligence firm specializing in computer vision for satellite imagery. The terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
Airbus, Orbital Insight forge alliance
Airbus Defense and Space's Intelligence business announced a strategic partnership Sept. 12 with Orbital Insight, a geospatial analytics firm founded in 2013 in Palo Alto, California, to build a suite of geospatial analytics services and tools.
Boutique sensors, commercial tasking could expand market for geospatial analytics firms
Geospatial data analytics firms could expand their commercial markets with custom-built satellite sensors or the ability to direct existing sensors toward targets of interest.
