Philippine Space Watch features NOVA SAR
This SAR image of Mayon Volcano was taken on May 14, 2021 by NovaSAR-1. (Photo courtesy of the DOST-ASTI via PhilSA) The space agency also shared Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)…
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…
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…
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…
The Philippines now has its own ‘eye in the sky,’ SAR surveillance.
A project, called Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) for Innovative Terrestrial Monitoring and Maritime Surveillance, is being implemented by the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science…
RADARSAT to Track the $23B Illegal Fishing Market with New Contract
It’s estimated that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing accounts for about 30 per cent of all fishing activity worldwide, representing up to 26 million tonnes of fish caught annually…
Davao Ground Station to directly receive NovaSAR-1 data
The Philippines’ Ground Receiving Station (GRS) in Davao is currently having its facelift to directly receive data from earth-observation NovaSAR-1 satellite in a bid to strengthen the country’s disaster response,…