BREMEN, Germany — Companies engaged in hyperspectral satellite imagery are beginning to overcome challenges to unlocking its potential, according to industry experts. “In recent years technological developments have matured the technology, so now it has become a competitive technology and I think that is what is new,” Kirsten Drost, business […]
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SAN FRANCISCO – Finland’s Kuva Space won a 5 million euro ($5.47 million) European Commission contract to supply hyperspectral data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission program. Under the five-year contract announced June 19, Kuva Space will provide data for monitoring farms, forests, methane emissions, harmful algal blooms and other applications. […]
WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office has signed five-year agreements with six commercial providers of hyperspectral satellite imagery, the agency announced March 22. The selected companies — BlackSky Technology, HyperSat, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet and Xplore — are a mix of established remote-sensing industry firms and startups. Under these agreements, […]
A request for proposals for commercial hyperspectral satellite data is expected before year’s end RESTON, Va. — The National Reconnaissance Office plans to continue to sign agreements with commercial satellite imaging operators. The next round of contracts will be for hyperspectral satellite data, Jeremy Banik, deputy director of the NRO […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Hyperspectral imaging startup Wyvern said Nov. 1 it secured $7 million in additional seed funds ahead of deploying its first satellites early next year. Venture capital firm Uncork Capital led the funding round with participation from earlier investors MaC Venture Capital and Y Combinator. Wyvern has now […]
PARIS – Planet released additional information about the hyperspectral constellation the Earth-observation company is developing through the Carbon Mapper public-private partnership. San Francisco-based Planet remains on schedule to launch the first two hyperspectral satellites in 2023 to gather data in 400 spectral bands with a resolution of 30 meters per pixel. […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Indian startup Pixxel said March 28 it has raised $25 million for a hyperspectral imaging constellation that plans to deploy its first satellite this week. Canadian early-stage investor Radical Ventures led the Series A round, bringing Pixxel’s total funding to $33 million to date. Awais Ahmed, Pixxel’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Capacity is the biggest constraint for Orbital Sidekick, the hyperspectral imaging startup that is acquiring data from Aurora, its first satellite launched in June. “There’s huge demand for dual-use satellite technology,” Daniel Katz, Orbital Sidekick CEO and co-founder told SpaceNews. “We are working to ramp up production […]