Umbra Space is a vertically integrated US-based space technology company specializing in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and related intelligence data services for both commercial and government clients. They operate a constellation of SAR satellites, providing high-resolution imagery (down to 16cm) that can be acquired day or night, and through all weather conditions. Umbra's key partners and customers include the Space Development Agency (SDA), NASA, European Space Imaging (EUSI), Reflex Aerospace, Array Labs and Raytheon. Associated keywords: remote sensing, SAR imagery, satellite constellation, data analytics, defense, intelligence.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted Umbra a license in 2018 to offer 25-centimeter resolution from satellites in 515-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Umbra an experimental license in February to operate high-bandwidth SAR using the 1,200 MHz band centered on 9.8 GHz and low-bandwidth SAR using the 600 MHz band centered on 9.6 GHz.
Umbra plans to provide customers with inexpensive synthetic aperture radar data rather than geospatial analytics.
Umbra raised $32,000,000 in an investment round announced in January.
The Federal Communications Commission granted Umbra an experimental license in February to operate high-bandwidth SAR using the 1,200 MHz band centered on 9.8 GHz and low-bandwidth SAR using the 600 MHz band centered on 9.6 GHz.
Umbra is a Santa Barbara, California startup preparing to launch its first X-band synthetic aperture radar microsatellite 2021.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration granted Umbra a license in 2018 to offer 25-centimeter resolution from satellites in a 515-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Umbra raised $32,000,000 in recent funding.
Umbra is expanding its team to more than 50 employees 2021.
Umbra has been granted a license from the Federal Communications Commission to operate a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth.
Umbra is expanding its team to more than 50 employees 2021 and has job openings in engineering, product, software, operations, and marketing in Santa Barbara, California and Austin, Texas.
Umbra recently raised $32,000,000 in funding.
Umbra was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission to operate its synthetic aperture radar satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth.
Spaceflight Inc. signed launch agreements with Lynk, Astro Digital, Kleos, BlackSky, Umbra, Orbit Fab, and several undisclosed U.S. government payloads.
Umbra plans to manufacture spacecraft and begin launching satellites for its commercial missions in 2025.
Umbra raised $32,000,000 in an investment round led by the family office venture fund of Passport Capital founder John Burbank with participation from CrossCut Ventures, Starbridge Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, and PonValley.
Umbra is preparing to launch its first microsatellite 2021 to provide synthetic aperture radar imagery with a resolution better than 0.25 m.
Umbra was established in 2015 based on a contract awarded by a U.S. prime aerospace and defense company that Umbra declines to name.
Umbra raised $32,000,000 in equity financing led by the family office venture fund of John Burbank, founder of Passport Capital.
Umbra has agreements to deliver data to the United States government and to commercial geospatial intelligence firms.