ICEYE Raises €74m for 12 Satellites
ICEYE, a SAR data provider, today announced the closing of a larger than planned for $87M Series C funding, led by the return investor True Ventures, with a substantial investment…
Argentina Launches SAOCOM-1B Satellite into Polar Orbit
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched Argentina’s SAOCOM-1B satellite into polar orbit, a flight path quite different from most vehicles launched from the East Coast of the U.S. which normally head…
Capella Gets a NGA CRADA
Capella Space announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The CRADA gives Capella access to NGA researchers for deeper…
Sequoia Launch: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical!
Sequoia Launch: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical! WRITTEN BY PAYAM BANAZADEH, CEO AND FOUNDER OF CAPELLA SPACE ON AUGUST 24, 2020. POSTED IN CAPELLA SPACE. When I founded Capella…
COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Acquires 2 Images at Once
Second-generation maximizes COSMO-SkyMed system capabilities COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) is the first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite system in the world able to acquire two images simultaneously. Launched on December…
COVID-19 Very Good for the SAR Market
Detail Market Research on Global Synthetic Aperture Radar Market 2020 with Industry Insights, Trends, Competition, Growth Analysis and Forecast by 2026. The global Synthetic Aperture Radar market has been garnering remarkable momentum…
Umbra’s antenna gives them a lot to “gain” in the SAR Wars
We were skeptical about Umbra Labs (link) back in 2016, assuming their advertised capability was just too good to be true. We were wrong. Umbra’s patent proves that Umbra built…
BARSC Welcomes ICEYE as New Member
BARSC Welcomes ICEYE as New Member The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC), the industry body that promotes the British earth observation industry throughout home markets and across the world,…
SAR Valuations SOAR in Space Race
According to various sources, total funding for space companies reached close to US$6 billion in 2019, raking in hundreds of millions from VC funds over the years. Once considered to…
Restrictions on SAR Eliminated
The new rules heavily benefit two American companies Maxar a optical imagery provider and Umbra Lab a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery provider both have satellite systems that were being seriously restricted…