Synspective, founded in 2018, is a Japanese space startup and solutions provider that develops and operates its own constellation of small SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites. The company provides SAR data and cloud-based analytics solutions to government agencies and companies globally, focusing on disaster response, national security, and environmental monitoring. Synspective aims to build a constellation of 30 satellites by the late 2020s to enable near real-time observation of changes on Earth, with partners including Mitsubishi Electric and Addvalue. Associated keywords include: SAR data, earth observation, remote sensing, disaster management, and environmental monitoring.
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Two launches for Synspective have already been booked on Rocket Lab and are scheduled to launch 2024 from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
Synspective was selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for the Small and Medium Business Innovation Research Promotion Project (SBIR Phase 3).
Synspective will continue to develop technologies and establish a system for the stable provision of daily InSAR images.
Synspective will continue to develop InSAR analysis services including the Land Displacement Monitoring (LDM) solution.
Synspective Inc. successfully tested observation of images for daily InSAR analysis using StriX-3 and StriX-1.
Synspective entered into a memorandum of understanding with Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. (OCG) and Geosphere Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. to collaborate on monitoring urban subsidence using SAR satellite data and groundwater simulation technologies.
Rocket Lab launched an Electron carrying a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on 2024-03-12 from New Zealand.
Synspective’s StriX-3, the company’s fourth synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite, has reached its target orbit and deployed its wings.
2024 Synspective will enhance its satellite manufacturing facilities, improve constellation operations, increase its data supply, and strengthen its data analysis capabilities.
StriX-3 was manufactured based on the same conceptual design as Synspective’s StriX-1 rather than being a newly developed satellite.
Synspective will expand its analytics platform business leveraging data-driven and collective learning to support societal progress and sustainable development.
The "Owl Night Long" mission deployed a fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite to Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation.
Synspective will enhance its satellite manufacturing facilities, improve its constellation operations, increase its data supply, and strengthen its data analysis capabilities 2024.
The mission delivered the StriX-3 satellite to a 561 km Sun-synchronous orbit where StriX-3 joined Synspective’s constellation.
Rocket Lab will launch two more missions for Synspective as part of a multi-launch agreement signed in 2023.
Rocket Lab has been the sole launch provider for Synspective’s constellation, delivering three satellites in September 2022, February 2022, and December 2020 prior to the March 2024 launch.
Rocket Lab has been the sole launch provider for Synspective’s constellation, previously delivering satellites in December 2020, February 2022, and September 2022.
Rocket Lab will launch two more missions for Synspective as part of a multi-launch agreement signed in 2023.
A multi-launch contract between Rocket Lab and Synspective announced in July 2023 includes two additional Electron launches.
Rocket Lab launched its 45th Electron rocket on the Owl Night Long mission, successfully deploying a fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite to Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation.