UrtheCast (2010-2021) was a Canadian space company specializing in satellite imagery, data services, and geo-analytics. They operated two cameras on the International Space Station (ISS) in partnership with Roscosmos, providing high-definition video and imagery of Earth. UrtheCast also owned and operated Earth Observation satellites such as Deimos-1 and Deimos-2. The company aimed to provide timely, high-resolution imagery for various sectors, including agriculture, forestry, environmental monitoring, and defense, but filed for creditor protection in 2020, leading to the emergence of EarthDaily Analytics in 2021.
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EarthDaily Analytics was formed by Antarctica Capital in 2021 after Antarctica Capital bought parts of UrtheCast.
EarthDaily Analytics was formed by Antarctica Capital in 2021 after Antarctica Capital bought parts of UrtheCast.
Antarctica Capital formed Canadian optical satellite imagery provider EarthDaily Analytics after buying parts of UrtheCast that sought creditor protection.
Antarctica Capital bought satellite designs, software, customer contracts, and intellectual property from UrtheCast but did not buy UrtheCast’s satellites or synthetic aperture radar assets.
Antarctica Capital formed EarthDaily Analytics, a Canadian optical satellite imagery provider, after buying parts of UrtheCast that had sought creditor protection in 2020.
EarthDaily Analytics was formed by Antarctica Capital in February 2021 after Antarctica Capital bought parts of UrtheCast.
Scott Larson formed a Toronto-based company called Alpha Insights to buy the synthetic aperture radar assets that Antarctica Capital carved out of its deal with UrtheCast.
UrtheCast acquired Geosys from U.S. dairy company Land O’Lakes in 2017.
Antarctica Capital formed a Canadian optical satellite imagery provider called EarthDaily Analytics after buying parts of UrtheCast that sought creditor protection.
UrtheCast bought two Deimos satellites in 2015 and started developing a data and analytics business thereafter.
Alpha Insights is a Toronto company established in 2020 to acquire the synthetic aperture radar assets of Urthecast.
Urthecast invested more than $65,000,000 in X- and L-band SAR technology to date.
UrtheCast bought analytics firm Geosys from U.S. dairy company Land O’Lakes.
UrtheCast acquired the Deimos Imaging Earth-observation business from Spain’s Elecnor.
The Federal Communications Commission awarded Microsoft an experimental license in early September 2020 to download data from Urthecast’s Deimos-2 Earth observation satellite.
UrtheCast is developing a cloud-penetrating synthetic aperture radar constellation called OptiSAR that paired with UrtheDaily would provide coverage regardless of weather.
UrtheCast provides satellite imagery through the Deimos-1 and Deimos-2 satellites and has partnerships with other operators to tap into another 20 satellites.
UrtheCast has sufficient resources to cover the $20,000,000 purchase of analytics firm Geosys from Land O’Lakes.
UrtheCast has a CA$142,000,000 loan to build and launch six more optical satellites for a constellation called UrtheDaily.
UrtheCast is paying a fraction of Geosys’ $20,000,000 price tag up front with the majority due in later installments.