BlackSky posts record $42.8 million Q3 revenue, swings to profit
BlackSky's Q3 2026 revenue rose 118% year over year to a record $42.8 million, and the company swung to net income.
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Planet launches free AI App for natural-language satellite imagery search
Planet's new AI App lets users search a decade of its satellite archive in plain English, free at ai.planet.com.
Ubotica's CogniSAT-6 demonstrates onboard AI satellite re-tasking
Ubotica says its CogniSAT-6 satellite spotted a cruise ship, then scheduled its own follow-up image two days later with no ground input.
OHB wins 554 million euro ESA contract for Sentinel-3 Next Generation satellites
ESA tapped OHB to build two Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography radar-altimetry satellites, with an option for a third.
Intuitive Machines wins NASA contract for FALCON-RADAR Earth science mission
NASA's JPL picked Intuitive Machines to build the spacecraft platform for FALCON-RADAR, a cloud-profiling radar mission targeted for 2029.
Simera Sense and Spacemanic bundle camera, bus and deployer into one EO package
Simera Sense and Spacemanic are combining a camera, a CubeSat bus and a deployer into one ready-to-fly dual-use imaging package.
EarthDaily partners with Geosolutions to resell imagery across Central America
EarthDaily and Panama's Geosolutions Consulting signed a deal to resell EarthDaily data across six Central American countries.
Hydrosat unveils Nyktòs thermal imaging capability for tactical ISR
Hydrosat's new Nyktòs MWIR line targets tactical ISR, paired with a planned European facility for sovereign customers.
Rocket Lab launches 10th dedicated Electron mission for iQPS
Rocket Lab's 99th Electron flight deployed iQPS's WADATSUMI-II SAR satellite, the pair's 10th dedicated launch together.
Vantor cuts satellite imagery delivery to Ukraine troops to seven minutes
Vantor says a Ukraine field test delivered tasked satellite imagery to a soldier's tablet in seven minutes, down from 12-15 minutes.
Hanwha Systems beats KAI for Korea's 40-satellite SAR constellation contract
Hanwha Systems beat KAI to win a South Korean government contract to build a 40-satellite military SAR constellation.
Satellogic signs three-year deal to supply HEO with non-Earth imaging
Satellogic will task its NewSat satellites to photograph in-orbit objects for HEO's space-domain-awareness service under a new 3-year deal.
KSAT signs ground station deal with India's PierSight for SAR constellation
KSAT signed a deal to provide ground station support for PierSight's planned SAR-and-AIS maritime satellite constellation.
Tanzania signs satellite cooperation deal with Russia's Roscosmos
Tanzania and Russia's Roscosmos signed a framework deal to launch Tanzania's first Earth observation satellite in March 2027.
EarthDaily wins $3 million NASA task order to benchmark against Landsat
EarthDaily will supply its own satellite imagery for NASA and USGS to test against Landsat's data standards.
Update: ESA taps OVHcloud and CGI to build Digital EO cloud platform
OVHcloud's own release says the Digital EO platform can extend beyond its initial three countries to Canada, an ESA Council member.
original 2026-09-28
SpectraGaze raises Rs 3.7 crore seed round led by GVFL
SpectraGaze, founded by an ex-ISRO scientist, raised a Rs 3.7 crore seed round led by GVFL to build Indian infrared detectors.
China launches Yaogan-50 03 remote sensing satellite
China launched the Yaogan-50 03 Earth-observation satellite on a Long March-6 rocket, state media says.
Scanway expands Pixxel partnership toward sub-meter EO imaging by 2028
Scanway and Pixxel signed an MoU to co-develop optical payloads, targeting 50cm imaging from LEO by 2028.
ICEYE partners with OroraTech for full-lifecycle wildfire intelligence
ICEYE is combining its SAR satellites with OroraTech's thermal data to track wildfires from first detection through damage assessment.
BlackSky doubles Gen-3 Assured subscription for international defense partner
BlackSky says an international defense customer doubled its Gen-3 Assured intelligence subscription in under six months.
SynMax expands EarthDaily subscription into energy analytics
SynMax is adding EarthDaily Constellation imagery to its oil and gas intelligence platform, Hyperion.
Galactic Energy launches Ceres-1S with Guangzhou Earth observation satellite
Galactic Energy's sea-launched Ceres-1S carried a prototype 0.5-meter imaging satellite for a planned 25-satellite constellation.
Planet wins NASA evaluation task order for Tanager hyperspectral data
NASA will evaluate over 250,000 square kilometers of Planet's Tanager hyperspectral imagery under its commercial data program.
Remondo and Meissa sign MOU on AI-powered satellite operations
The Israeli and South Korean companies will explore combining optical payload hardware with AI-driven tasking and image-processing software.
Marble Imaging taps Odysseus Space laser terminal for first satellite
Marble Imaging, Reflex Aerospace and Odysseus Space will fly a laser space-to-ground downlink on Marble's first satellite.
Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
LeoLabs calls Cosmos 2612's maneuvers the most advanced and potentially dangerous uncooperative proximity operation it has tracked, and trackers say the two...
original 2026-10-17
Planet launches Pelican-12 with satellite relay and onboard AI test
Planet's fifth Pelican satellite this year tests satellite-to-satellite relay via SES O3b mPOWER and onboard NVIDIA AI inference.
ICEYE launches four more SAR satellites, reaching 84 in orbit
Two of the four fly for Portugal's Atlantic Constellation as ICEYE works toward doubling annual output to 100 satellites by 2027.
Planet's Tanager-2 satellite achieves first light, expanding methane monitoring
Planet's second Tanager hyperspectral satellite spotted a methane plume and a Spanish salt lake six days after its October launch.
Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Tracker Marco Langbroek says Cosmos 2612 made a further maneuver on Oct. 18 after its earlier orbit raise, writing the shadowing "is clearly not over yet."
original 2026-10-17
EarthDaily brings wildfire burn-severity data to an Australian insurer
EarthDaily extended its burn-severity product to an unnamed Australian insurer for post-catastrophe claims response.
Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Trackers say the two satellites have held within about 2 km of each other for over a day, and Langbroek says ICEYE-X36 may now be Ukrainian-operated rather t...
original 2026-10-17
Update: Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Trackers confirm Cosmos 2612's shadowing of ICEYE-X36 persisted into a third day with no new maneuver detected.
original 2026-10-17
Russia's Cosmos 2612 maneuvers within 1-2 km of ICEYE-X36 satellite
Trackers say Cosmos 2612 has held within 2 km of ICEYE-X36 for over a day, as questions grow over who now operates the satellite.
ESA's MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite arrives in French Guiana ahead of launch
ESA's MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite reached French Guiana by ship on Oct. 16, ahead of a planned year-end Ariane 6 launch.
Update: South Korea launches first NEONSAT Earth-observation satellites on Nuri
KASA and KAIST confirm the five NEONSAT satellites transmitted their first Earth-observation images within a day of launch.
original 2026-10-07
Solafune and Tohoku University to develop AI-powered Earth observation satellite
Solafune and Tohoku University opened a joint research center to build an Earth observation satellite that analyzes imagery onboard.
BlackSky extends HEO imaging deal to seven-figure Gen-3 contract
BlackSky and HEO extended their space-domain-awareness partnership into a seven-figure annual contract adding Gen-3 imagery.
OXG Space raises Rs 17 crore to build in-orbit edge computing for EO data
Bengaluru's OXG Space raised Rs 17 crore led by Aum Ventures to build in-orbit edge computing for Earth-observation data.
Hisdesat gets early release of €65.8 million in Spain's PAZ 2 satellite funding
Spain advanced €65.8 million in PAZ 2 radar-satellite financing to Hisdesat, lifting 2026's allocation to €245.6 million.
Planet's Sinergise wins ESA contract to build Slovenia's Space Resilience Node
ESA selected Planet's Sinergise unit to build a 12-month pilot that automates satellite-based disaster monitoring for Slovenia.
Planet launches Populace, a 40-meter global population map with Microsoft and IHME
Planet, Microsoft's AI for Good Lab, and IHME built Populace, a continuously updated 40-meter global population density map.
Update: California adds ICEYE satellite data to statewide emergency operations
ICEYE's own release on the partnership adds a usage track record: a dozen-plus flood events and 100+ wildfire incidents monitored, including an August Washin...
original 2026-10-06
BlackSky wins six-figure Gen-3 pilot deal with new intelligence customer
BlackSky won a six-figure pilot contract for Gen-3 On-Demand imagery with a new international intelligence customer.
Sentinel-3C returns its first Earth images, ESA says
Two weeks after launch, ESA's Sentinel-3C delivered its first ocean-colour and radar-altimeter data.
SuperSharp to lead EU-funded THEOSCOPE thermal EO mission
The EU awarded SuperSharp's THEOSCOPE consortium a €4 million Horizon grant for a thermal-imaging satellite.
South Korea launches first NEONSAT Earth-observation satellites on Nuri
Nuri's fifth flight placed five NEONSAT satellites and 10 CubeSats in orbit, starting Korea's first homegrown EO microsat constellation.
Azercosmos launches Platerra AI platform for satellite imagery analysis
Azercosmos launched Platerra, an AI platform that automates satellite imagery analysis into geospatial information.
Update: Open Cosmos raises €300 million to expand satellite manufacturing
Open Cosmos set a concrete ConnectedCosmos target: 192 satellites, more than 96 by end of 2028, full coverage by 2030, under ex-Rivada Liechtenstein Ka-band...
original 2026-09-14
Update: Kazakhstan plans nine-satellite international EO constellation by 2030
Kazakhstan's deputy PM detailed the program at an Oct. 6 government meeting: the six Kazakh satellites split three high-resolution/three medium-resolution, a...
original 2026-09-07
HawkEye 360 demonstrates RF sensing of satellites from orbit
HawkEye 360 says it validated detecting RF signals from other satellites in LEO, MEO and GEO under an AFRL-funded demo.
Global Invacom delivers TerraLink ground stations to eNexus Space Data
Global Invacom is delivering two TerraLink 370EO ground stations to eNexus Space Data for installation in New Zealand and Iceland.
TUSAS and Roketsan sign contract to build Turkiye's Hursat-2 satellite
TUSAS and Roketsan signed a contract at IAC 2026 for Hursat-2, Turkiye's first series-producible EO satellite family.
California adds ICEYE satellite data to statewide emergency operations
Cal OES signed an agreement with ICEYE for near-real-time flood and wildfire satellite data across California state agencies.
Iran says it is building one-meter-resolution Earth observation satellites
Iran's space agency chief says the country is designing one-meter and sub-meter resolution remote-sensing satellites.
Nebex partners with Thrusters Unlimited to structure $700M for Mexico's space programs
Nebex and Thrusters Unlimited will jointly structure $700M in capital for Mexican sovereign space programs in EO and telecoms.
Kratos wins more than $100 million in space intelligence data contracts
Kratos won more than $100 million in combined contracts for space intelligence data and cyber-warfare tools for the Pentagon.
KSAT to build ground network for Xoople's Earth observation constellation
Xoople picked KSAT's KSATlite ground-segment service to support its new Earth-data constellation, the companies said.
Serco launches NadirEO platform to process Earth observation data
Serco's new NadirEO platform combines satellite, aerial, drone and ground-sensor data into ready-to-use analytics, per Il Sole 24 Ore.
Update: Orbitworks ships Altair-1, UAE's first AI-enabled EO satellite, for October launch
Altair-1 launched successfully Oct. 1 and is now in commissioning, Orbitworks confirmed, the first of a planned 10-satellite Altair constellation.
original 2026-08-13
Spire Global deploys first satellites from new Boulder manufacturing site
Spire deployed its first satellites built at a new Boulder, Colorado facility, launched on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare.
Italy's IRIDE constellation completes 24-satellite Eaglet II deployment
The final eight Eaglet II satellites reached orbit Oct. 1, completing Italy's 24-satellite IRIDE sub-constellation in under a year.
Satellogic launches first satellite in its Merlin remapping constellation
Satellogic launched Merlin.01, the first satellite in its planned 1-meter daily-remapping constellation, aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18.
Rheinmetall and Argotec launch first satellite for air-defense surveillance
Rheinmetall and Argotec launched their first jointly built satellite, designed to detect ground-based signs of emerging airborne threats.
Poland completes four-satellite MikroGlob military constellation
Creotech's final three MikroGlob satellites launched on Transporter-18, completing Poland's four-satellite military EO fleet.
Kyrgyzstan launches its first national satellite on SpaceX rideshare
Kyrgyzstan's first satellite, a 5 kg nanosat, reached orbit Oct. 1 on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission.
Unseenlabs launches BRO-23 and BRO-32, growing fleet to 25 satellites
Unseenlabs flew a Gen 1 and a Gen 2 RF-detection satellite together for the first time, bringing its constellation to 25 spacecraft.
BlackSky named lead imagery provider for SkyFi's satellite intelligence app on Robinhood
BlackSky will supply the satellite imagery behind SkyFi's new 'Satellite Intelligence' feature inside Robinhood's retail trading app.
Rocket Lab signs 20-launch Electron deal with Synspective, its largest ever
Rocket Lab's biggest-ever commercial Electron deal adds 20 more launches for Synspective's StriX SAR constellation.
FEMA signs agency-wide hazard-monitoring subscription with ICEYE
FEMA moved from buying ICEYE satellite data event by event to a standing, agency-wide multi-year subscription.
ICEYE expands Insurity partnership to give SpatialKey full data portfolio
Insurity is giving SpatialKey customers access to ICEYE's full natural-catastrophe data portfolio through one commercial relationship.
Axelspace grounds 4 of 7 GRUS-3 satellites after communication malfunction
A power-amplifier fault permanently disabled downlink on 4 of Axelspace's 7 GRUS-3 satellites; commercial ops now target February 2027.
ESA taps OVHcloud and CGI to build Digital EO cloud platform
ESA awarded OVHcloud and CGI a 30-month contract to build cloud infrastructure for Europe's Earth observation data, per Reuters.
SFL Missions wins contract to build GHGSat's next-gen methane satellite
SFL Missions will build GHGSat's higher-accuracy GHGSat-D2 demo satellite, due in orbit in early 2028.
Rocket Lab launches Synspective's 13th StriX SAR satellite
Rocket Lab's 97th Electron mission deployed Synspective's 13th StriX radar satellite to a 559km orbit, per the company's release.
Update: ESA picks ICEYE and Leonardo-led teams to design Europe's EO governmental service
ICEYE CEO and co-founder Rafal Modrzewski said, per Via Satellite, "Europe cannot defend what it cannot see," calling the study "the first step toward a fede...
original 2026-09-17
Planet launches Amazon.ia biodiversity monitoring initiative with 25 partners
Planet and 25 partners launched Amazon.ia, combining satellite imagery, ground data and AI to track biodiversity across the Amazon.
GalaxEye secures 63.84 crore rupees in government backing for OptoSAR satellite
India's Technology Development Board is backing GalaxEye's OptoSAR satellite with 63.84 crore rupees in convertible debentures.
Update: Spire, PlanetiQ, Ethereal Space win $67 million in NOAA weather-data task orders
Spire Global said Sept. 22 that NOAA awarded it a $33.2 million task order to deliver GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) data, including RO profiles with Tempo...
original 2026-09-22
Two mining majors renew six-figure EarthDaily Marigold contracts
Two of the world's largest mining companies renewed six-figure EarthDaily Marigold contracts, per EarthDaily.
Spire, PlanetiQ, Ethereal Space win $67 million in NOAA weather-data task orders
NOAA's own release shows Spire's $33.2 million task order was one of three simultaneous awards, not a single company plus surge options.
Novyy Kosmos's Okulus radar satellite begins supplying data to Russian agencies
Roscosmos says the privately built Okulus SAR satellite has begun supplying imagery to Russian federal agencies.
Planet opens Berlin satellite factory, Pelican production to start this autumn
Planet opened its Berlin satellite factory, with Germany's economy minister attending; Pelican production starts this autumn.
Update: CAS Space launches Lijian-1 rocket carrying nine satellites including an AI-computing demo
The payload included the Qinling-01 and Qinling-02 satellites, Pujiang-4, the Pengcheng-branded PEGA-SUS1 technology demonstrator, the Diting-01 group A/B/C...
original 2026-09-20
SSC Space expands Airbus ground segment deal to cover Pléiades Neo Next
SSC Space will provide tracking, data reception, and launch support for Airbus' higher-resolution Pléiades Neo Next satellites.
CAS Space launches Lijian-1 rocket carrying nine satellites including an AI-computing demo
The rideshare included Supercomputing-1, a satellite state media says processes imagery onboard with AI instead of downlinking raw data.
China's S-AIDC launches Supercomputing-1 satellite with onboard AI
A Chinese startup launched an Earth observation satellite that processes imagery onboard, aiming to cut turnaround from hours to minutes.
Update: SpaceTY's new Tianyi satellites bring daily-revisit InSAR to orbit
A Kuaizhou-11 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 17, carrying the Tianyi-51 (Caiyun SAR01) and Tianyi-52 (Tianyuan YG01)...
original 2026-09-17
Rocket Lab launches Synspective's 12th StriX SAR satellite
Rocket Lab's 96th Electron flight put Synspective's 12th StriX radar satellite into a 572km orbit from New Zealand.
GalaxySpace-built PIESAT-2 radar quartet reaches orbit on Long March 2D
Four more PIESAT-2 SAR satellites launched from Taiyuan, taking the commercial constellation to 12 second-generation spacecraft.
Update: ESA picks ICEYE and Leonardo-led teams to design Europe's EO governmental service
ESA awarded two contracts, one to a consortium led by ICEYE called ARISE (with Indra Space, Rheinmetall, HISDESAT, Starion, T-Systems, SafranAI, Rheinmetall...
original 2026-09-17
Northrop Grumman, True Anomaly selected for Space Force GHOST-R satellite awards
DIU and Space Force picked Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly to build GHOST-R prototype satellites for tracking GEO objects.
SpaceTY's new Tianyi satellites bring daily-revisit InSAR to orbit
China in Space: the Kuaizhou-11 pair's 55-degree orbit is designed for daily InSAR revisit instead of a multi-day cycle.
Vantor picks EnduroSat, CACI to build 24-satellite Pulse EO fleet
The 40cm-class constellation is designed to revisit the same location every 15 minutes starting in 2027.
ESA picks ICEYE and Leonardo-led teams to design Europe's EO governmental service
ESA awarded two parallel architecture-study contracts for the EU's future Earth Observation Governmental Service.
Planet says new Berlin satellite factory will double its Pelican production
Planet says a new Berlin manufacturing facility opening this fall will double its capacity to build Pelican satellites.
Simera Sense and IDOM to build MultiScape350 Earth observation optics
Simera Sense and IDOM partnered to build the optics for Simera Sense's next-generation MultiScape350 EO imager.
Satrec Initiative to build optical satellites for Hanwha's SAR fleet
Satrec Initiative will build four 10-centimeter-class optical satellites to complement parent Hanwha's 64-satellite SAR constellation.
MDA unveils CHORUS product portfolio ahead of constellation launch
MDA Space unveiled the full commercial product lineup for its CHORUS Earth observation constellation, due to launch later this year.
Hydrosat unveils Osiris constellation for 2027 launch
Hydrosat's next-generation satellites pair higher-resolution thermal and visible imaging in one payload.
L3Harris begins building Xoople's 14-satellite Earth-observation constellation
L3Harris has started building the first satellites for Xoople's AI-focused Earth-observation constellation, targeting first launch in 2028.
Update: Open Cosmos raises €300 million to expand satellite manufacturing
Per Via Satellite, Open Cosmos says it can build one satellite a day across its four factories, holds Ka-band spectrum access, has accumulated more than $370...
original 2026-09-14
ESA launches FLEX and Sentinel-3C on Vega-C from French Guiana
Vega-C's eighth flight carried Copernicus Sentinel-3C and the FLEX vegetation mission into orbit from French Guiana.
Kuva Space detects illegal poppy fields in Afghanistan pilot
Kuva Space's Hyperfield-1 satellites out-detected Sentinel-2 in a pilot mapping illegal opium poppy fields in Afghanistan.
Lynred to supply infrared detectors for constellr's EO constellation
French infrared-sensor maker Lynred will supply detection technology for constellr's next-generation thermal Earth observation satellites.
Planet wins up to €25 million German federal satellite-tasking contract
Planet's own release: Germany's BKG gets exclusive dedicated satellite tasking access under a deal worth up to €25 million over five years.
HawkEye 360 opens Luxembourg subsidiary, signs Leonardo sovereign RF pact
HawkEye 360 established its first European subsidiary in Luxembourg and signed a sovereign RF-intelligence MoU with Leonardo.
Update: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky's 5th Gen-3 satellite on confidential Electron mission
BlackSky's own release confirms the fifth Gen-3 satellite reached first light within 20 hours of launch; upgrades the lead from the Launch Library aggregator...
original 2026-09-11score 3 → 5
Update: Kazakhstan plans nine-satellite international EO constellation by 2030
Two independent regional outlets (Times of Central Asia, Astana Times) restated the same Sept. 7 Space Days Kazakhstan constellation figures (nine satellites...
original 2026-09-07score 2 → 3
Open Cosmos raises €300 million to expand satellite manufacturing
Open Cosmos raised €300 million, its largest round to date, to scale satellite manufacturing and space data services.
iQPS books H3 rideshare launch with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
iQPS signed a rideshare deal to fly three QPS-SAR satellites on Japan's H3 rocket, per Economia dello Spazio.
Update: York Space to build Tomorrow.io's DeepSky weather satellites
DeepSky will carry second-generation microwave sounders, GNSS radio occultation and reflectometry, infrared and visible imaging, and precipitation radar, ext...
original 2026-09-10
Rocket Lab launches BlackSky's 5th Gen-3 satellite on confidential Electron mission
BlackSky's fifth Gen-3 satellite captured first light within 20 hours of its Rocket Lab Electron launch.
Galaxia raises $4.5 million CAD to build satellite compute systems
Halifax's Galaxia raised CAD $4.5 million (about $3.25 million) to build out on-orbit compute and sovereign space capabilities.
U-Space and Tenchijin partner on next-generation infrared Earth observation system
France's U-Space and Japan's Tenchijin signed an MoU to build an infrared Earth observation system, per 01net.it.
York Space to build Tomorrow.io's DeepSky weather satellites
York will build Tomorrow.io's DeepSky weather satellites, the named customer behind a $187 million deal disclosed in March.
EarthDaily wins standing offer to sell satellite imagery to Canadian government
EarthDaily secured a Government of Canada standing offer streamlining how federal agencies buy its commercial satellite imagery.
BlackSky named exclusive imager for $1 billion Altair-Next Gen AI satellite network
BlackSky Gen-3 satellites will image for a $1 billion, 50-satellite AI-enabled constellation unveiled at the Paris Space Summit.
Arianespace and ICEYE sign MoU on Ariane 6 SAR satellite launches
ICEYE and Arianespace agreed to explore launching ICEYE's SAR satellites on Ariane 6 for European government missions.
Eutelsat and Skynopy launch Global AKAR ground network
Eutelsat and Skynopy signed a partnership to open Eutelsat's ground stations to Earth observation and orbital data center customers.
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.
Satellogic names former NGA director Whitworth as president
Satellogic promoted former NGA director Frank Whitworth from strategic advisor to president, effective immediately.
IHC to acquire 80% stake in UAE's Marlan Holding
Abu Dhabi conglomerate IHC is buying a majority stake in Marlan Holding, parent of satellite-infrastructure firm Marlan Space.
ImageSat International unveils EROS NOVA, a 25cm satellite with onboard AI
ISI's new EROS NOVA satellite pairs 25-centimeter native resolution with onboard AI processing to prioritize imagery before downlink.
Update: Pixxel closes $100 million Series C led by Temasek and Seraphim
The round reported as in-progress on 2026-07-07 (NewsBytes, informal, SNR 2) has now closed with named terms; upgrading the lead to a directly-fetched mainst...
original 2026-07-07score 2 → 4
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.
LatConnect 60 signs NSIL ground-station deal for India push
LatConnect 60 signed an NSIL ground-station agreement and a GeoSyze channel partnership to expand its SWIRSAT business into India.
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.
Chinese Yaogan-50 (02) satellite breaks up, sheds 43 fragments
A Chinese reconnaissance satellite fragmented in a rare retrograde orbit, and the cause is still unknown.
Update: Axelspace partners with Airbus Defence and Space on GRUS imagery
Via Satellite's own Sept 3 writeup independently covers the Sept 1 Axelspace/Airbus GRUS imagery partnership with distinct wording and a CEO quote, giving ge...
original 2026-09-01score 2 → 3
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rocket Lab launches 9th iQPS radar-imaging satellite
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-18 satellite "SUSANOO-II" on the 93rd Electron mission overall.
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.
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' Altair-1, the UAE's first commercially built AI-enabled EO satellite, launched successfully Oct. 1 and is now in commissioning.
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.
Update: Kreios Space partners with NanoAvionics for first VLEO propulsion demo
Space.com's Aug 9 writeup independently covers the same Aug 4 Kreios/NanoAvionics VLEO propulsion demo announcement already led by SpaceNews (trade) and corr...
original 2026-08-04score 3 → 4
Update: NRO awards Capella, ICEYE and Umbra new commercial radar-imagery contracts
Via Satellite's own write-up independently confirms the same NRO Commercial Radar Capabilities awards to Capella, ICEYE US and Umbra, with additional detail...
original 2026-08-05score 2 → 3
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.
Update: ICEYE raises EUR 450 million Series F led by General Atlantic at over EUR 10 billion
On August 5, ICEYE said EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, a fund established by the European Commission with European investors, co-led the round alongside General...
original 2026-06-09
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Update: LatConnect 60 unveils AI system for its SWIRSAT satellite data
LatConnect 60 unveiled a proprietary AI capability that fuses short-wave infrared satellite imagery with radar, signals intelligence, tracking data, and open...
original 2026-07-24
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Update: Simera Sense to supply imagers for Canary Islands EO constellation
Simera Sense to supply imagers for Canary Islands EO constellation
original 2026-07-07
Update: Vantor unveils WorldView 3D high-resolution imagery product
Vantor unveils WorldView 3D high-resolution imagery product
original 2026-07-01
Update: Vantor unveils WorldView 3D high-resolution imagery product
Space.com published an independent July 8 piece on WorldView 3D with its own reporting (Yulin Naval Base and Hoover Dam image examples, its own author byline...
original 2026-07-01score 3 → 4
Update: NASA adds three European firms to CSDA data program
NASA adds three European firms to CSDA data program
original 2026-06-23
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Update: Isar Aerospace to launch Planet's first German-built satellite mission
Isar Aerospace's own newsroom published the July 2 press release for this exact deal (same Polak quote, 12-month target, and additional-satellite provision a...
original 2026-07-02score 4 → 5
Update: Isar Aerospace to launch Planet's first German-built satellite mission
Isar Aerospace to launch Planet's first German-built satellite mission
original 2026-07-02
Planet Labs adds Wolfgang Schmidt, ex-German Chancellery head, to European board
Former German Chancellery chief Wolfgang Schmidt joins Planet's European Advisory Board.
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.
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.
Vantor unveils WorldView 3D high-resolution imagery product
Vantor, formerly Maxar Intelligence, launched a 3D imagery line built on its WorldView Legion satellites.
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.
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.
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.