New SAR Launches Capella at (7), ICEYE at (14) and Umbra at (2)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 placed more than 100 smallsats into orbit Jan. 13 as the company accelerates the pace of its dedicated rideshare missions. The Falcon 9 lifted off from…
Alpha Insights Awarded $1.7 Million to Develop SAR Technology for Space Exploration
Space Alpha Insights Corp. (“Alpha”), a developer of ground-breaking high-resolution, dual-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Space Agency…
Terran Orbital “PredaSAR” to SPAC
Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. Signs Definitive Agreement with Terran Orbital, the Global Leader in the Development and Innovation of Small Satellites, in a Transaction Valued at $1.58 Billion $345 million…
China’s SAR War(s) continues: PIESat officially announces SAR constellation
On July 26th, Chinese remote sensing data analytics company Piesat signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Galaxy Space, a fellow Chinese commercial company specializing in satellite manufacturing and downstream services. The…
China’s SAR Company Spacety Expanding to Luxembourg
Luxembourg is already well-known for space and satellite activity. As well as being the home for satellite giant SES Astra, it is also the formal domicile for SES’s arch-rival Intelsat…
Canadian Conservatives Pledge RadarSAT2 Data to Ukraine
The Conservative Party of Canada has pledged to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons if it wins the upcoming federal election. That's according to the party's "Canada's Recovery Plan," an Ukrinform correspondent…
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…
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.…