China Launches Two Tianhui SAR satellites for InSAR
China launched a Long March 4B rocket Wednesday carrying two Tianhui radar mapping satellites into orbit more than 300 miles in altitude. The two satellites will join a similar pair of…
IMSAR, & Vanilla Unmanned, Demonstrate Amazing UAS Mission
IMSAR, in conjunction with Vanilla Unmanned, has successfully demonstrated enhanced long-endurance surface-search using a Group III UAS (unmanned aerial system) equipped with both radar and Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR). The Vanilla UAS…
China’s SAR Capabilities are Expanding
China’s anti-satellite capabilities have improved beyond missiles. China has been refining its co-orbital and multi-arm satellite capturing capabilities. With respect to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, China’s YaoGan constellation…
Umbra Awarded $950M IDIQ Contract Following Space-X Launch
Umbra has been awarded a $950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software, and algorithm…
Orbital Effects Starts Alabama Operations
Orbital Effects brings cutting-edge radar satellite technologies to address the nation’s national security challenges. The company is hiring here, and will bring on 25 people to support its Huntsville operations.…
SpaceX Transporter #2 Launches Capella, ICEYE and Umbra Satellites
SpaceX has successfully launched the 88-satellite Transporter 2 rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket and landed its 1st stage booster. The Transporter-2 payload manifest featured synthetic aperture radar (SAR)…
Combating deforestation: From satellite to intervention
Combating deforestation: From satellite to intervention Matt Finer1, Sidney Novoa2, Mikaela J. Weisse3, Rachael Petersen3, Joseph Mascaro4, Tamia Souto1, Forest Stearns4, Raúl García Martinez2 See all authors and affiliations Science …
Canadian Space Agency’s tweeting about SAR
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission and RADARSAT-2 satellites, for example, help in performing marine surveillance and environmental monitoring in Canada as well as the world. The Canadian Forest Service works along…
SAR Critical to NASA’s Plan to fight Climate Change
NASA is planning to spend $2.5 billion on five new spacecraft to monitor the changing climate. The first mission, to launch in January 2023, is a partnership with the Indian…
SAR Mapping In Bomb Hit Assessments
The 422nd Test and Evaluation squadron conducted at Synthetic Aperture Radar Map Bomb Hit Assessment. During this test, two F-15Es dropped live Joint Direct Attack Munitions, while other weapons systems including F-15Es,…