Rafael adds SAR capability to Litening 5, Reccelite XR EO pods
Rafael Advanced Defence Systems has teamed with Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI's) Elta Systems to upgrade the Litening 5 and Reccelite XR all-weather stand-off airborne electro-optic (EO) targeting pods with a…
SAR on the Agenda for University of Auckland and the National Science Challenge
Putting objects in space is important work. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), for example, is critical new technology that enables satellites to gather incredibly detailed data of Earth through clouds (think…
Capella Space Partners with SpaceNet® to Expand Access to SAR Data
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Capella Space, an information services company that provides on-demand Earth observation imagery, today announced its partnership with SpaceNet®, a nonprofit organization dedicated to…
Russian Military Uses SAR Over the United States.
Usually, observation planes approaching a foreign airspace experience a strong reaction, often in the form of an interception and an official complaint from the diplomatic sphere. This month, however, several flights…
ICEYE releases under 1 meter resolution radar imagery from SAR microsatellites
High-resolution radar satellite images are uniquely helpful for both distinguishing small objects, and for accurately classifying larger objects such as vessels. HELSINKI - ICEYE, a leader in small satellite synthetic-aperture…
ICEYE Pushing Into Analytics with Help from Spire
Press Release by Michelle Wiese Bockmann The use of synthetic aperture radar technology means ships can be detected even if they turn off Automatic Identification System transponders. Satellites can see…
Synspective Raises US $100 Million in Funding for SAR Mission
Synspective, a Japanese startup which provides satellite data solutions using small-sized SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites, has accumulated $100 million USD in funding since its foundation in February 2018. Raising that…
Airbus Launches Vision-1 Platform
Vision-1 was launched in September 2018 together with NovaSAR, this opens significant opportunities for applications combining optical and radar satellite imagery. Along with Vision-1, Airbus offers commercial access to the largest…
3D Printed Array Facilitates IMSAR Radar
IMSAR LLC and Optisys, LLC, collaborated to create a low-Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) radar designed specifically for use on High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) platforms. The high-altitude radar system…
Shotwell Talks to Via Satellite about SAR
VIA SATELLITE: The lack of Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite orders has been a major trend in the industry over the last couple of years. Are we now at a stage…