MDA will likely go public (again), after $1-billion takeover
MDA’s revenue was expected to decline this year because of the end of its most recent Radarsat mission. Radarsat makes a lot of money for MDA. Maxar said the businesses…
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CSA Issues Letter of Interest for SAR Technologies
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Letter of Interest (LOI) for seven priority technologies the agency wants industry to develop under its Space Technology Development Program. The technologies…
SAOCOM Launch Postponed Due To Coronavirus Travel Restrictions
Argentina’s Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas (SAOCOM) comprises two L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellites – SAOCOM-1A (launched by SpaceX in October 2018) and SAOCOM-1B. Both satellites were built…
The Philippines Signs Agreement for Access to NovaSAR-1 Satellite Data
The agreement will allow the Philippines to access the NovaSAR-1 satellite for the lifespan of the spacecraft. The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) of the Department of Science and…
China Launches New SAR Satellite Gaofen-7
China on Sunday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-7, which will play an important role in land surveying and mapping, urban and rural construction and statistical investigation, according to…
Airbus has unveiled the names of the three finalists for the “Airbus – Sobloo Multi-Data Challenge”
Airbus has unveiled the names of the three finalists for the “Airbus – Sobloo Multi-Data Challenge” organised as part of the Copernicus Masters 2019. This international competition awards pioneering solutions,…
China launches 3 Yaogon-30 satellites
According to reports by Chinese state-owned Xinhua news agency, China has launched three more Yaogan-30 remote-sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern China on 26 July. The…
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…
30 Years Ago: Magellan SAR Map Venus
Venus has often been called Earth’s sister planet, mainly because the two are roughly the same size. And there the similarity ends. One significant difference is that Venus is covered…
Indian PSLV rocket launches RISAT-2B
India upgraded its reconnaissance capabilities through the launch of a RISAT-2B radar imaging satellite Wednesday. Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre aboard a PSLV rocket occurred at 05:30 local…