RADARSAT-2 CONTINUITY MISSION
MDA announced that they have embarked on a major new initiative to build a commercial Earth observation satellite mission, which will serve to extend MDA’s market-leading geospatial data, products and…
Invariant Reps ICEYE
Invariant Reps Satellite Maker Invariant, the D.C. government affairs shop headed by lobbying powerhouse and Democratic insider Heather Podesta, has inked a pact with Finnish microsatellite start-up Iceye to handle…
Two More COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Satellites
E-geos and Thales are completely un phased by new space and are doubling down on COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Satellites. With two more spacecraft. Massimo Comparini, who serves as the head of…
Synspective SAR Image…
Synspective has acquired its first image from its debut Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, marking the first commercial SAR image from a Japanese company. The satellite, dubbed striX-α, was launched…
Orbital Effects Starts Lobbying Efforts
Orbital Effects, a radar satellite technology company, hired Forbes Tate Partners to work on defense and intelligence satellite services. Ryan Welch, former legislative director to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), and Kristina Dunklin, former…
ICEYE to Launch 3 more Satellites
On SpaceX Falcon 9 small spaceship rideshare mission planned for launch on January 21, Iceye plans to carry triple Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites into the orbit. Iceye aims to extend the constellation with…
COSMO-SkyMed Adds More Second Generation Satellites
Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and Telespazio, Joint Venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), forming the Space Alliance, have signed the contracts with…
Thales Alenia Space in 2020 (Recap)
Space to Observe and Protect: Europe is launching its follow-on Copernicus Expansion environmental monitoring program and is developing two more satellites for Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed observation program In the Earth observation…
China Enters the SAR Wars
Chinese startup Spacety began releasing imagery captured by Hisea-1, a 185-kilogram C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite, launched in December on a Long March 8 rocket. Three days after launch, Spacety…
8 Billion Dollar SAR Market?
Global Market Insights, Inc. has recently added a new report on synthetic aperture radar market which estimates the global market valuation for SAR will cross US$ 8.5 billion by 2026.…