GalaxEye secures US patent for OptoSAR satellite imaging tech
GalaxEye became the first Indian startup to win a US patent for its OptoSAR tech, which fuses optical and SAR imaging on one satellite.
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ICEYE signs Sompo Japan for satellite flood claims response
Sompo Japan will use ICEYE's Flood Insights SAR data to speed up flood insurance claims assessment.
Kazakhstan plans nine-satellite international EO constellation by 2030
Kazakhstan plans a nine-satellite EO constellation with Mongolia, Congo and Nigeria by 2030, expandable to 14 satellites.
Pixxel closes $100 million Series C led by Temasek and Seraphim
Pixxel closed its Series C at $100 million co-led by Temasek and Seraphim, India's largest space-tech funding round to date.
ISRO launches EOS-05, its first geosynchronous imaging satellite
GSLV-F17 places India's first dedicated geo-orbit Earth imaging satellite into orbit, ISRO's first launch since a January failure.
Planet signs 7-figure deal with European defense and intelligence customer
Planet signed a one-year agreement to supply Planet Mosaics and support services to an unnamed European defense and intelligence customer.
Galaxia buys Simera Sense HyperScape100 hyperspectral imager
Canadian firm Galaxia acquired a HyperScape100 hyperspectral payload from Belgium's Simera Sense for its Earth observation lineup.
Satellogic names SynMax exclusive maritime channel for Merlin data
SynMax's Theia platform becomes the sole maritime-intelligence channel for Satellogic's upcoming Merlin constellation.
Planet Labs posts record revenue and first adjusted profit
Planet's fiscal Q2 revenue hit $116.1 million, up 58% year over year, with its first quarter of adjusted EBITDA profit.
Axelspace partners with Airbus Defence and Space on GRUS imagery
Axelspace and Airbus Defence and Space will jointly distribute GRUS satellite imagery to a broader customer base.
Rocket Lab launches Synspective's 11th StriX SAR satellite
Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight put Synspective's 11th StriX radar satellite into a 575km orbit from New Zealand.
Chang Guang completes 19-satellite 3D mapping constellation
Chang Guang Satellite says its new 19-satellite fleet is the world's largest dedicated 3D-mapping constellation.
Kepler Aerospace raises $8 million seed round for swarming ISR satellites
Bengaluru startup Kepler Aerospace lands its first outside funding to build six autonomous swarming surveillance satellites.
Vantor wins Navy contract to support Indo-Pacific maritime awareness
Vantor's Maritime Sentry will feed SAR and optical imagery into the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness.
Diffraqtion adds $5 million to pre-seed round for quantum cameras
Quantum-imaging startup Diffraqtion added over $5 million to its pre-seed round, led by Lockheed Martin Ventures and Presidio Ventures.
ICEYE brings Water Institute's FloodID team in-house for flood forecasting
ICEYE is folding The Water Institute's FloodID predictive-flood platform and development team into its own products.
ICEYE establishes Korea entity, names Eric Rhee to lead defense push
ICEYE opened ICEYE Korea under Eric Rhee and signed an MOU with Seoul National University on SAR research.
EarthDaily expands wildfire risk AI intelligence with insurance partner
EarthDaily's wildfire AI model will support underwriting for an unnamed North American insurer's western US book.
Spire, Muon Space, Weather Stream win NOAA microwave-sounder awards
NOAA's TMATE program awarded Spire, Muon Space, and Weather Stream a combined $46.5 million to build new microwave sounding instruments.
ICEYE establishes Netherlands entity, deepens Dutch air force partnership
ICEYE opens a Dutch subsidiary and R&D hub tied to its existing SAR intelligence work for the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force.
GalaxySpace delivers China's first turnkey satellite export to Southeast Asia
GalaxySpace built, launched, and delivered a full satellite package to Thailand's GISTDA, a first for a Chinese commercial space firm.
Kongsberg to double N3X maritime surveillance constellation in 2027
Kongsberg will double its N3X dark-vessel-tracking constellation to six satellites in early 2027 for the Norwegian Armed Forces.
ICEYE establishes Indian entity for sovereign SAR intelligence and manufacturing
ICEYE opens ICEYE India in New Delhi, planning local SAR component manufacturing for Indian defense customers.
Muon Space raises $250 million Series C led by Eclipse Capital
Muon Space closed a $250 million Series C to scale satellite production toward 500 spacecraft a year by 2027.
Rocket Lab launches 9th iQPS radar-imaging satellite
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-18 satellite "SUSANOO-II" on the 93rd Electron mission overall.
LatConnect 60 signs Transcelestial optical downlink deal for SWIRSAT
LatConnect 60 bought a Transcelestial optical comms terminal and ground network to speed imagery downlink for its SWIRSAT constellation.
Novaspace forecasts 6,500 EO satellites launching by 2035
Novaspace projects more than 6,500 Earth observation satellites will launch by 2035, generating $155.9 billion in manufacturing revenue.
CNES and Kayrros deploy FireWatch wildfire satellite platform in France
CNES and EO analytics firm Kayrros put a satellite-and-AI wildfire detection platform into daily use at over 40 French fire services.
Eartheye Space signs MOU with IN2 for satellite tasking access
Eartheye Space signed an MOU giving strategic consultancy IN2 access to its multi-sensor satellite tasking and analytics.
HawkEye 360 wins NRO's first operational commercial RF contract
HawkEye 360 became the first commercial RF provider to reach an operational NRO contract after completing three BAA test phases.
Intuitive Machines to build NASA's EAGLE-VSWIR Earth-science satellite
Intuitive Machines will supply the IM 300 platform and operations for NASA JPL's EAGLE-VSWIR Earth-science mission, launching in 2028.
CNES seeks industry partner for mass-producible satellite telescope
CNES issued an RFI for a compact, diamond-machined optical telescope meant to scale past 1,000 units for constellations.
China launches UAE University's first SEO Earth-observation satellite
A Chinese Long March 2C rocket put the UAE's first university-built Earth observation satellite into orbit from Taiyuan.
HEO taps Planet's SkySats to expand its space-object imaging network
HEO and Planet Labs signed a deal letting HEO task idle SkySat satellites to photograph other objects in orbit.
Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation data contracts
NOAA awarded Spire $3.7 million and PlanetiQ $2.7 million for GNSS radio-occultation weather data through early December.
Anduril's first self-funded satellite reaches orbit
Anduril's Anduril-26 sensing satellite, built on an Apex Aries bus, is operating on orbit after a July 7 rideshare launch.
Synspective opens European subsidiary in Munich
Synspective opened Synspective Europe GmbH in Munich, Germany, to serve as its EMEA hub for SAR satellite data and partnerships.
Korea clears first mass-produced satellite cluster for October launch
KASA completed a pre-shipment review of the first five NEONSAT satellites, Korea's first mass-produced Earth observation constellation.
Orbitworks ships Altair-1, UAE's first AI-enabled EO satellite, for October launch
Orbitworks' first Altair satellite left Dubai for the US ahead of an October launch, the start of a planned 10-satellite constellation.
Kairospace tests Dorb de-orbit device on its KSAT3U cubesat
South Korean startup Kairospace says its Dorb drag device more than doubled its KSAT3U cubesat's orbital decay rate.
EarthDaily wins Canadian government contract for AI border monitoring
EarthDaily will lead a Canadian defense research project testing daily satellite imagery and AI for border situational awareness.
Nova Systems and Planet partner on space intelligence for Australian defense
Nova Systems and Planet formalized a partnership supplying Earth observation and AI analysis to Australia's defence community.
Pixxel-led Allied Orbits wins deal to build India's private EO constellation
Pixxel-led Allied Orbits will build India's first fully privately owned national EO constellation, per a government Lok Sabha reply.
BlackSky wins seven-figure international imagery contract
BlackSky converted a pilot program into a seven-figure, multiyear international imagery contract.
Planet launches national satellite data program with Rwanda
Planet's near-daily imagery is now available to Rwandan government agencies, universities and startups under a new national program.
Kreios Space partners with NanoAvionics for first VLEO propulsion demo
Kreios Space will fly its air-breathing electric propulsion system on a NanoAvionics satellite bus in 2027.
BlackSky posts record $33.3 million Q2 revenue on Gen-3 demand
Space-based intelligence revenue rose 36% as BlackSky's Gen-3 constellation adoption accelerated.
NRO awards Capella, ICEYE and Umbra new commercial radar-imagery contracts
The NRO awarded Capella Space, ICEYE U.S. and Umbra new contracts to expand government use of commercial SAR imagery.
STAR.VISION launches hyperspectral satellites for Indonesia and Uzbekistan
China's STAR.VISION launched Lampung-1 and Samarkand-2028, sovereign hyperspectral satellites built for Indonesia and Uzbekistan.
Satellogic revenue jumps 259% as it posts first operating profit
Satellogic's Q2 2026 revenue rose 259% to $15.9 million, delivering its first positive operating income and adjusted EBITDA.
Synspective releases first imagery from ninth StriX SAR satellite
Synspective's ninth StriX satellite, launched in May, returned its first test radar image of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
ICEYE raises EUR 450 million Series F led by General Atlantic at over EUR 10 billion
ICEYE's primary Series F values the SAR operator above EUR 10B; the full round tops EUR 1B with a secondary placement.
Spire wins $3 million NOAA extension for hyperspectral sounder data
NOAA extended its evaluation of Spire's Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder data with a $3 million contract add-on.
LiveEO wins German Space Agency grant for multimodal EO vision model
Germany's Space Agency at DLR funded LiveEO to study a foundation AI model spanning optical and radar Earth-observation imagery.
ICEYE appoints Christos Kolimenakis as CEO of ICEYE UAE
ICEYE names a 15-year JPMorgan veteran to lead its UAE entity as it deepens government ties in the country.
ETL Systems acquires ground-segment software firm Amphinicy Technologies
ETL Systems buys Croatian software specialist Amphinicy to broaden its satellite ground-segment portfolio.
Planet Labs wins Scottish government contract for farmland monitoring
Scotland's government picked Planet, via reseller Computacenter, for a one-year, seven-figure satellite-monitoring deal.
OHB Italia to lead Italy's PRISMA second-generation satellite build
OHB Italia, Thales Alenia Space and Leonardo will build Italy's next hyperspectral satellite, tripling ground resolution to 10 meters.
LatConnect 60 unveils AI system for its SWIRSAT satellite data
LatConnect 60 unveiled an AI system fusing its planned SWIR imagery with radar and other intelligence for defence buyers.
Synspective images Kumamoto earthquake damage with StriX SAR satellites
Synspective tasked StriX SAR satellites hours after Japan's July 28 Kumamoto quake, later measuring up to 1m of fault displacement.
ICEYE and KT SAT partner to bring flood monitoring to South Korea
ICEYE and KT SAT will supply near-real-time flood monitoring to South Korean government and commercial customers.
IHI signs MOU to explore Kuva hyperspectral satellites for Japan constellation
IHI and Kuva Space signed an MOU to explore Hyperfield-2 hyperspectral satellites for Japan's EO constellation.
House Intelligence Committee advances bill limiting commercial EO imagery sharing
A House Intelligence Committee bill would let the government block commercial EO operators from sharing sensitive imagery.
HawkEye 360 debuts tactical RF downlink with Lockheed Martin in Pacific drill
HawkEye 360 relayed commercial RF intelligence direct to Lockheed Martin's Aegis-linked C2 system during Valiant Shield 2026.
Belgium to build Galo military satellite constellation by 2030
Belgium's defence ministry will spend over 200 million euros on its own low-Earth-orbit imaging constellation.
EU orders 24-hour delay on Copernicus satellite imagery over Gulf of Oman
The EU Council ordered a 24-hour delay releasing Sentinel imagery of part of the Gulf of Oman after a US security request.
MDA Space agrees to buy 70% of French EO firm CLS
MDA Space is acquiring a 70% stake in French EO data analytics firm CLS for 567 million euros, per SpaceNews.
ICEYE opens Portugal subsidiary and Lisbon center of excellence
ICEYE established ICEYE Portugal and a Lisbon R&D center of excellence, naming Rui Costa as country CEO.
NASA finds Umbra SAR data misses geolocation accuracy spec
NASA's CSDA program found Umbra's SAR data underperforms on geolocation accuracy and radiometric calibration versus reference systems.
ICEYE establishes German entity, names Philipp Herkelmann country CEO
ICEYE formally established a German entity in Berlin and Munich, naming Philipp Herkelmann CEO of ICEYE Germany.
BRIN targets January 2027 launch for Indonesia's first sovereign EO satellite
Indonesia's BRIN said its domestically built NEO-1 Earth observation satellite is targeted to launch in January 2027.
Vantor unveils WorldView 3D high-resolution imagery product
Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, launched a 3D imagery line built on its WorldView Legion satellites.
ICEYE launches four satellites on Transporter-17, debuts Gen4 SAR model
ICEYE says its SAR constellation now stands at 76 satellites after a four-satellite Transporter-17 launch.
Planet launches Pelican-11 tech demo satellite on Transporter-17
Planet's Pelican-11 test satellite launched on Transporter-17, ahead of its Gen 2 imaging fleet.
Simera Sense to supply imagers for Canary Islands EO constellation
Per SpaceNews, Simera Sense won a deal to supply eight multispectral imagers for a new regional EO constellation.
BlackSky wins US R&D contracts for Gen-3 AI target-recognition analytics
BlackSky says it won multiple US R&D contracts to add AI target-recognition and damage detection to its Gen-3 imagery.
Muon Space deploys first operational FireSat wildfire-detection satellites
Muon Space says it deployed the first three operational FireSat satellites for the Earth Fire Alliance's wildfire-detection constellation.
Open Cosmos launches first satellites for Balearic Islands, Greece
Open Cosmos launched Posidonia, the Balearic Islands' first satellite, and Hyperion GR-1, the first of a planned Greek EO constellation.
GalaxEye loses contact with Mission Drishti satellite
GalaxEye lost contact with Mission Drishti, billed as the world's first OptoSAR satellite, after a geomagnetic storm.
Axelspace launches seven GRUS-3 Earth observation satellites
Axelspace's seven next-generation GRUS-3 microsatellites reached orbit and returned first signals on Transporter-17.
KAI launches CAS500-4, South Korea's first agriculture and forestry satellite
KAI launched CAS500-4, South Korea's first satellite dedicated to agriculture and forestry monitoring.
Planet Labs adds Wolfgang Schmidt, ex-German Chancellery head, to European board
Former German Chancellery chief Wolfgang Schmidt joins Planet's European Advisory Board.
Isar Aerospace to launch Planet's first German-built satellite mission
Isar's Spectrum rocket will carry a Planet Labs Germany Pelican Earth-observation satellite within about a year of the deal.
Chang Guang Satellite completes nearly 5 billion yuan equity round
Jilin-1 operator Chang Guang Satellite raised about 5 billion yuan for satellite production and constellation growth.
Italy brings IRIDE Earth observation service online
Italy's IRIDE Earth observation marketplace went live July 1 for government users, with commercial access planned later.
MDA Space wins C$688 million CSA contract to build RADARSAT replenishment satellite
The award covers build, launch, commissioning and ground upgrades for a CHORUS-based SAR satellite, per SpaceQ.
AgniKul and ICEYE sign MoU to build and launch SAR satellites from India
Per BIS Infotech: an MoU to design, manufacture and deploy SAR EO systems within India, pairing ICEYE tech with AgniKul launch.
ICEYE wins Iberdrola pilot deal to monitor grid amid extreme weather
Iberdrola picked ICEYE for a 12-month satellite grid-monitoring pilot.
Synspective's 10th StriX SAR satellite reaches orbit on Rocket Lab Electron
The Ten Owl of Ten mission flew from Mahia on June 26; testing and commissioning precede service entry, per Synspective.
NASA adds three European firms to CSDA data program
Per SpaceNews, NASA added three European Earth-observation firms to its CSDA commercial-data contract.
SI Imaging Services signs satellite-leasing deal with an undisclosed overseas customer
Per ZDNet Korea: a Sat-aaS contract on the 25 cm SpaceEye-T, worth tens of millions of dollars, customer undisclosed.
Norway's NVE selects ICEYE for nationwide flood monitoring
ICEYE will provide always-on SAR flood tracking across mainland Norway and Svalbard under a one-year government contract.
Portugal orders two more ICEYE SAR satellites for its air force
Portugal is expanding its sovereign SAR constellation from one satellite to four, all built by ICEYE.
Bezos Earth Fund commits $26 million to Earth Fire Alliance's FireSat constellation
The fund calls it the largest single philanthropic grant to wildfire detection; Muon Space builds the satellites.
KAI signs MoU with Remondo on sub-30 cm Earth observation satellite development
Korea Aerospace Industries pairs its satellite platforms with the Israeli-US startup's imaging payload tech, per The Elec.
DR Congo orders its first Earth observation satellite, RDC-SAT 1, from SPACEBEL
The Belgian firm calls it the first made-in-Belgium commercial satellite; RTBF reports a hyperspectral instrument aboard.
Liberty Mutual and ICEYE launch parametric wildfire insurance product
The insurer and satellite operator will use SAR imagery to pay wildfire claims within days instead of the usual lengthy claims process.
Axelspace to supply GRUS imagery to Saudi Arabia's NSG UP42 national EO platform
The Japanese operator's optical imagery joins the PIF-backed platform for agriculture, land-use and disaster monitoring.
Calian, Kepler and MDA Space win CSA studies for Canada's next-gen EO ground segment
Three contracts of up to C$804,000 each, C$2.4M total, for RADARSAT+ ground-segment concept studies, per SpaceQ.
Rafael and Reflex Aerospace partner on 30 cm imaging constellation, first launch 2027
The Israeli defence company and German manufacturer co-fund a very-high-resolution, high-revisit satellite line, per their release.
SatSure wins Rs 24.6 crore IN-SPACe grant to build sovereign Earth observation AI models
Per Reuters: a $2.57M Technology Adoption Fund grant to develop AI models for Earth observation, one of three projects selected.
ESA awards Thales Alenia Space €700 million contract for Sentinel-1 NG
Thales Alenia Space will build two next-generation Sentinel-1 radar satellites, with Airbus supplying the SAR instruments.
Space42 brings Foresight-3, -4 and -5 into full operation, growing its SAR fleet to five
The UAE operator says three more ICEYE-built SAR satellites are fully operational, taking the Foresight constellation to five.
BlackSky wins NRO contract modification to accelerate AROS broad-area imaging satellites
The mod funds a path to a flight-ready broad-area mapping system in 2028; NRO puts total contract value above $150M, per Defense Daily.
NewOrbit raises $18.5 million Series A to build VLEO satellites, led by Voyager Ventures
The UK startup targets 200-300 km very low Earth orbit with air-breathing ion propulsion; first flight planned for 2028.
Planet Labs sets up $1.5 billion at-the-market equity offering program
Planet Labs can now sell up to $1.5 billion in shares over time through banks acting as sales agents.