China unexpectedly launched a SAR Satellite
Chinese surveillance payload put in orbit by Long March 2C BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: October 29, 2013 China unexpectedly launched a Long March rocket Tuesday and put into…
The Grey Eagle Drone Now Flies for Nearly Two Days Straight
The Grey Eagle Drone Now Flies for Nearly Two Days Straight Andrew Tarantola 10/28/13 11:30am We do not offer the full text of this article. Please read the article on…
EO in the EU Partnership as Key to Commercial Success
Commercial Earth Observation | European Radar Satellite Operators See Partnership as Key to Commercial Success by Peter B. de Selding — October 14, 2013 The 1,410-kilogram Paz, whose launch had…
Dnepr Rocket Launches Kompsat-5/Arirang-5 X-band SAR
by Peter B. de Selding — August 23, 2013 The Kompsat-5/Arirang-5 X-band synthetic aperture radar spacecraft adds radar to South Korea's existing optical Earth observation satellite capacity. Credit: KARI artist's…
SpaceX awarded SARah missions
SpaceX awarded first European government contract via SARah missions August 8, 2013 by Chris Bergin no alt In a milestone launch contract award for SpaceX, the Californian company will use…
SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch RADARSAT Constellation Mission in 2018
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has contracted SpaceX to launch Canada's RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), which consists of three satellites, on a Falcon 9 rocket sometime in 2018. "SpaceX…
SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch RADARSAT Constellation
July 30, 2013 by Chris Bergin SpaceX have announced the award of a reservation contract that lines them up as the launch service provider for three satellites that will make…
NASA/ISRO SAR Mission?
BANGALORE: US space agency Nasa and India's premier space agency Isro are in talks for jointly building a satellite for the first time. "Now, there is a feasibility study going…
On the “Ball” with RADARSAT-1
Ball’s Radarsat-1 Was On the Ball For 12 Years More Than Expected! [SatNews] Canadian government’s Earth observation satellite concluded its mission after serving for more than 17 years—12 years…
DARPA awards $2.6M contract to design ViSAR program
BY DEFENSE SYSTEMS STAFF JUL 12, 2013 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a contract of almost $2.6 million to design and build a video synthetic aperture radar system…