Small Sats

Speakers from government and industry discussed solutions for analyzing big data derived from small sats at USGIF’s “Powering GEOINT Analytics” workshop.

Planet announced February 3 its intent to acquire Google’s small satellite business, Terra Bella, along with its fleet of seven SkySat satellites—a deal that will make Planet the undisputed leader in small satellite commercial remote sensing.

Precision agriculture applies technology to improve crop yields and reduce costs as well as to provide early warning signs about food insecurity and regional conflict

Planet to Acquire Terra Bella; DigitalGlobe Creates Open Data Program; XpressSAR Selects Panaxx Corporation as Japan Partner

NASA to Purchase Earth Science Data from Small Sat Companies; SpaceNet Challenge Results Revealed; Obama Administration Eases Federal Travel Restrictions for Conference Attendance

As the federal government undergoes a sweeping administrative transition, the need for commercial space initiatives and in particular the information yielded by small satellites will remain steady, according to experts at USGIF’s Small Satellite Workshop.

USGIF will host its second two-day Small Sat Workshop—one day unclassified and another classified—at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Springfield, Va., Nov. 14-15 as part of the Foundation’s 2016 GEOINT Community Week.

Esri Partners with Waze; White House Announces Small Satellite Initiative; OGSystems Partners with TransVoyant; Air Force Space Surveillance Telescope to Track Objects in Orbit

USGIF’s Small Satellite Working Group hosts GEOINT 2016 panel discussions

NRO Director Betty Sapp talks commercial launch, small sats, and new contracting methods