Imagery and Sensing
May 6, 2024
Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance are working together to build a new satellite constellation to aid in global wildfire response, called the FireSat Constellation. The initiative has the expertise and support of Google Research, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Google’s charitable arm Google.org, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Minderoo Foundation. The full…
May 3, 2024
Northrop Grumman and Umbra have been awarded small contracts by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue to the second phase of a program designed to collect data from radar-equipped satellites flying in formation and develop innovative algorithms to process the data for military applications. Umbra’s contract under the Distributed Radar Image Foundation Technology (DRIFT)…
May 2, 2024
Kuva Space has won a new contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) worth 1.8 million euros ($1.9 million) as it looks to build its business in Europe. As a result, it will participate in ESA’s Civil Security from Space (CSS) program to provide advanced hyperspectral situational awareness information for monitoring and mitigating civil security…
May 2, 2024
Iceye launched its Flood Insights and Flood Early Warning products to provide flood data to Canada. Satellite data provider Iceye, launched the products on May 2. “By providing access to more comprehensive flood loss data, Iceye aims to support the ongoing development of the flood insurance market in Canada,” said Stephen Lathrope, SVP of Solutions…