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Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) and Umbra agreed to provide Maxar with dedicated capacity from satellites in Umbra’s synthetic aperture radar imagery constellation.
Maxar Technologies secured dedicated capacity from satellites in Umbra’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery constellation.
Maxar Technologies will provide Umbra’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery constellation with dedicated satellite capacity.
Umbra plans to launch a total of 24 satellites.
Combined optical-SAR products from Maxar and Umbra will be available in the second quarter of 2023 and will be fully integrated by 2024.
Companies receiving NRO commercial RF study awards include Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab.
PredaSAR and Umbra Lab develop synthetic aperture radar satellites that can also passively scan for radio frequency activity.
Umbra’s existing satellites are equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar payload capable of imaging at night and through dense clouds.
Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab signed agreements giving the National Reconnaissance Office access to their systems and business plans for evaluation of commercial RF data purchases.
Companies receiving awards under the NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancement Broad Agency Announcement Framework include Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab.
Umbra had three satellites in orbit and expects to deploy two more before the end of 2022.
Umbra launched a synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite on Transporter-5.
Commercial radar imagery from Capella Space, Umbra, and Iceye has been in high demand for its ability to penetrate cloud cover over Ukraine.
The National Reconnaissance Office issued a Broad Agency Announcement to survey commercial synthetic aperture radar capabilities and awarded contracts in January to Airbus U.S., Capella, Iceye U.S., PredaSAR, and Umbra to evaluate commercial SAR capabilities.
Capella Space, Iceye, PredaSAR, and Umbra are among the companies actively developing and launching SAR constellations.
Umbra builds hardware and software products for analytics customers serving the United States and its allies.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed study agreements on 2022-01-20 with Airbus U.S., Capella Space, Iceye U.S., PredaSAR, and Umbra.
Umbra’s satellites are equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar payload that can image at night and through dense clouds.
Three larger synthetic aperture radar satellites—two from Capella Space and one from Umbra—are attached to different ports on the Falcon 9 payload adapter and will still fly on the SXRS-6 mission.
U.S. startups PredaSAR and Umbra are developing SAR constellations.