Disaster Response & Security Mapping

Satcube has announced that Intelsat ordered 100 portable satellite terminals from the company, marking a significant milestone in volume orders. The relationship between Satcube and Intelsat began in 2017 with integration and delivery of Satcube Ku- portable terminals on the ...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is providing geospatial intelligence support to combined search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of the Hawaii wildfires as part of a Federal Emergency Management Administration Incident Support Team in Maui. As part of the ...

Carrying the Land Exploration-4 01 satellite, the Long March-2B rocket lifts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on August 13, 2023. Photo: Courtesy of the CNSA According to a release from CNSA: "China on early Sunday sent a new satellite ...

Overview of Lahaina on Maui in Sept. 2022 and Aug. 2023, after the wildfire. Photo: Planet Labs PBC Reports from Maui indicate that that the death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lahaina on Hawaii's ...

BEFORE - A satellite image shows an overview of Lahaina, Maui County, in Hawaii on June 25, 2023. Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies Maui's fires continue to rage with a report of six dead and landmark areas reduced to ash ...

Volatus Aerospace Corp. (TSXV:VOL)(OTCQB:VLTTF) has successfully completed their first field deployment with remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) supporting wildfire suppression agencies in Western Canada. Wildfires can quickly and unexpectedly get out of control — a slight change in wind direction or ...

Wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes have forced the evacuation of thousands of people as flames have spread from the island’s mountainous region to the coast. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the ongoing blaze yesterday ...

GomSpace and Terma have signed an MoU for a turnkey solution to build a joint offering for the development of an Asian project that focuses on the monitoring and protection of water territories. including the Economic Exclusion zone, against illegal ...

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been selected by OceanMind to extend the current agreement that provides real-time, automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data — Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports fisheries enforcement officials, ...

HawkEye 360 Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia for a pilot program to provide greater maritime domain awareness in support of Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) efforts to detect and prevent Illegal, Unreported, and ...

AAC Clyde Space recently won a £1.25 million from the New Space company Kawa Space for a 6U EPIC LINK smallsat and payload — the satellite is planned for delivery during Q4 2024. The aim of the project is to ...

In stark contrast to the white clouds, thick grayish smoke can be seen over the eastern U.S. via NOAA’s GOES-16 (GOES East) satellite on June 6, 2023. Image is courtesy of the agency. NOAA satellites provided critical data for air ...

SES’s O3b mPOWER system will provide sovereign solutions for defense and disaster recovery missions as part of a strategic partnership between Luxembourg and the U.S. Following Luxembourg Parliament’s approval and official publication of the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Global Services ...

Artistic rendition of the O3b mPOWER constellation, courtesy of SES Following Luxembourg Parliament’s approval and official publication of the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Global Services (MGS) program, valued at 195 million euros over 10 years, the MGS program will leverage ...

KSF Space has announced the firm's plans for suborbital rocket testing — their Jupiter Rocket is set to take the lead. Suborbital rocket testing is a crucial step in the development of space exploration technology. Suborbital rockets are designed to ...

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) and Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) have teamed to create a real-time, commercially available, Maritime Custody Service (MCS) that can automatically detect, identify and track more than 270,000 vessels worldwide in open water, along rivers and canals, ...

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded a contract to Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) subsidiary, ExactEarth Ltd., to deliver preparatory work for implementation phases of a wildfire monitoring satellite. The contract is the initial step toward CSA’s planned WildFireSat ...

Unseenlabs, a world radio frequency data and solutions provider for Maritime Domain Awareness, is announcing the coming launch of BRO-9, the 9th satellite of the company's constellation that is dedicated to the geolocation of all the vessels at sea. Artistic ...

Blue Sky Network has announced that the firm's SkyLink Citadel, a resilient anti-piracy solution for maritime, is now available for purchase. Leveraging the power of the Iridium Certus® 100 satellite network, the SkyLink Citadel offers two High-Definition (HD) voice lines ...

mu Space, an aerospace manufacturer and satellite internet service provider based in Southeast Asia, and OneWeb a Low Earth Orbit satellite communications company, have signed an exclusive deal to provide OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions across mainland Southeast ...