Imagery and Sensing

Planet Labs will provide high-resolution satellite data to support the NATO Communications and Information Agency‘s (NCIA) Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program under a new contract the company announced...

The second batch of Maxar Intelligence WorldView Legion satellites are now in the commissioning phase after a SpaceX launch on Thursday morning.  SpaceX launched the two satellites on a Falcon...

GHGSat has contracted Space Flight Laboratory to build two additional greenhouse gas monitoring satellites for the company’s constellation.  The satellites, announced Monday, will be based on the SFL 15-kg NEMO...

Satellite data provider Umbra is expanding its business from selling imagery collected by its synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, to selling the satellites to customers. Umbra announced its new Mission...

Methane-tracking satellite operator GHGSat has completed an evaluation process to join NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition program (CSDA). This will make GHGSat’s methane emissions data available for scientific research and...

Planet Labs signed a seven-figure contract expansion with a U.S.-allied international government agency for SkySat satellite data.  Planet announced the SkySat expansion with the unnamed allied nation on Monday. Specific...

e-GEOS has won a new five-year contract from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which will enable better detection and measurement of ground movements from space. The contract is for the...

Maxar Intelligence released the first set of images from its new WorldView Legion satellites. The images released Thursday show the 30 cm-class imagery capabilities of the satellites, capturing views of...

Planet Labs has signed a new seven-figure pilot program with an international ministry of defense (MoD) customer for PlanetScope data enhanced with SynMax artificial intelligence. Planet announced the deal with...

Commercial satellite radar providers are ready to meet the operational needs of U.S. government users but plans to develop a program of record for these capabilities in fiscal year 2026...