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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Umbra is expanding its team to approximately 45 people and has new job openings in engineering, product, software, operations, and marketing at its Santa Barbara, California and new Austin, Texas facilities.
Umbra has agreements to deliver data to the United States government and commercial geospatial intelligence firms.
Umbra was granted a patent on 2021-01-09 for an antenna designed to stow compactly for launch and expand in orbit with a series of ribs attached to a central hub covered in a flexible reflective material.
Umbra is building multiple satellites and preparing to expand its 45-person staff.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Umbra a license in 2018 to sell 25-centimeter resolution imagery commercially from a satellite constellation in a 515-kilometer circular sun-synchronous orbit.
Umbra seeks to reduce the cost of synthetic aperture radar data by bringing prices in line with those of electro-optical imagery.
Umbra plans to continue manufacturing spacecraft and begin launching satellites for its commercial missions in 2025.
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 United States government customers and commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) firms.
Umbra is expanding its team to approximately 45 people and has job openings in engineering, product, software, operations, and marketing in Santa Barbara, California and Austin, Texas.
Umbra believes that a smaller team and more capable satellites will provide lower cost, higher quality products to support the growth of the commercial Earth Observation market.
Umbra's cloud-based ground architecture enables customers to download data directly from Amazon Web Services.
Umbra's small team focuses on building a cloud-enabled commercial remote sensing system to offer data as a service.
The satellite intelligence company has rebranded itself as Umbra.
Umbra's autonomous cloud-based tasking allows customers to access Umbra satellites without complex contracts or human interaction.
Umbra's spaceflight payload has successfully passed deployment, shock, vibration, and geometry testing prior to launch.
The United States Patent Office has issued Umbra a patent for a next generation small satellite antenna that enables its satellites to capture imagery through clouds, day or night.
Umbra is developing infrastructure necessary for operating a satellite constellation, including automated satellite tasking, cloud-based image processing and delivery, billing, and customer service.
Umbra's antenna, combined with its 1200MHz bandwidth radar, allows the company to collect imagery with a below 25 centimeter impulse response (IPR).
Umbra has concentrated on testing its antenna technology over the past few years.