SAR
Iceye and KSAT join forces to speed up radar image delivery
Radar satellite operator Iceye and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) announced plans June 6 to work together to speed up delivery of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, allowing government customers to obtain processed data in as little as 15 minutes.
Ursa expands partnership with Iceye for radar data
Ursa will resell Iceye data products and the two companies will jointly develop new analytic services with data drawn from Iceye's synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.
Esri brings new satellite data, tools into platforms
Mapping technology giant Esri announced partnerships with BAE Systems, Harris Geospatial, HawkEye 360 and Microsoft.
Ursa Space Systems and HawkEye 360 fuse radar, RF
Geospatial data analytics company Ursa Space Systems is joining forces with Hawkeye 360 to develop a suite of products that combine synthetic aperture radar and radio frequency data.
Iceye and APSI enter pact to sell radar imagery in South Korea
Asia Pacific Satellite Inc. and Iceye, the Finnish company that launched the first synthetic aperture radar microsatellite, announced a memorandum of understanding May 15 to deliver radar imagery to government and commercial customers in South Korea.
Iceye expands staff to prepare for constellation
Iceye, the Earth observation startup based in Helsinki, has hired two vice presidents to help customers gain access to imagery from its planned constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.
Business Finland gives ICEYE 10 million Euros
Business Finland, a Finnish trade and economic development agency, awarded a 10 million Euro ($11.36 million) grant to radar satellite operator ICEYE.
Capella Space raises $19 million for radar constellation
Capella Space, a startup planning a constellation of radar imaging satellites, has raised an additional $19 million to fund continued development of its system.
India’s PSLV launches two British satellites for SSTL
The launch, India’ first in five months, highlighted the United Kingdom’s desire to bolster trade with India as well as India’s desire to further commercialize production of the PLSV, a rocket often used for smallsat missions.
PlanetWatchers to target sugar cane, energy markets
PlanetWatchers, a geospatial analytics startup focused to date on forestry, is preparing to expand its focus from forestry to sugar cane and energy, said Ariel Smoliar, PlanetWatchers chief executive and co-founder.
Capella’s first satellite launching this fall
Capella Space is preparing for its first launch on a SpaceX rocket this fall, an important milestone in the company’s plan to build a constellation of the world’s smallest commercial radar satellites.
Planet, Airbus start joint satellite-imagery product initiative
Planet and Airbus Defense and Space’s geospatial division have agreed to co-develop imagery products that leverage both companies’ satellites.
Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business
Oxford Space Systems, a British startup that hopes to compete with space industry giants Harris Corp. and Northrop Grumman in the satellite component business, has raised 6.7 million British pounds ($8.9 million) from investors.
Geospatial industry exploiting radar, RF data for maritime security and disaster response
What is making SAR more desirable is the magic that happens when the data is fused with optical images, radiofrequency and hyperspectral data.
ICEYE raises another $34 million for radar satellites
ICEYE raised $34 million in a Series B investment round, bringing the Finnish company’s total funding to $53 million, ICEYE announced May 24.
Not convinced of the promise of commercial radar satellites? Meet the radar mafia.
Startups backed primarily by private venture capital have announced plans to launch dozens of small SAR satellites within a decade to take advantage of the miniaturization of electronics.
