SkyWatch has partnered with Umbra to allow customers to purchase the latter’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data via SkyWatch’s EarthCache platform.
SkyWatch’s core mission is to make remote sensing data accessible, affordable, and standardized. SkyWatch launched the market’s first API for commercial satellite data over five years ago and has served millions of square kilometers of imagery to thousands of organizations worldwide.
Each smallsat in Umbra’s commercial constellation is equipped with a powerful SAR payload, capable of seeing at night and through dense clouds to generate the highest-resolution radar images ever sold on the commercial market.
At any given point in time, the majority of the Earth’s surface is experiencing atmospheric conditions that make optical capture challenging, if not impossible. In response to these challenges, SkyWatch has also announced SkyWatch InSARance, an optional, composite SAR + Optical product that allows EarthCache Enterprise customers to capture a SAR image of the same area of interest (AOI) of their optical capture. Umbra data is available now via the EarthCache platform.
“We are thrilled to partner with Umbra to offer SAR to our customers. Our mission is to democratize remote sensing data through a simple user experience, and the addition of Umbra to our virtual constellation of over 400 satellites allows us to further enable our customers to solve complex problems with best-in-class commercial satellite data.” — James Slifierz, CEO and Co-Founder, SkyWatch
“One of the benefits of SAR is its ability to capture images under all weather conditions. When you’re trying to monitor and respond to critical events with satellite imagery, but it’s a cloudy day, that’s not very helpful. We want to give our customers confidence that their work can continue, regardless of the weather, and overlaying SAR and optical images ensures a usable capture.” — David Proulx, Chief Product Officer, SkyWatch
“SkyWatch was one of the first companies to propel the Earth observation industry into the modern era of web-based, API-first tasking. It’s extremely gratifying to be joining their platform after years of admiring their work from afar.” — Joe Morrison, Vice President of Commercial Experience, Umbra
