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Umbra Space secured a contract extension with the National Reconnaissance Office on 2024-12-04.
Umbra Space has worked with the National Reconnaissance Office since 2022 under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements initiative.
Umbra Space was one of several SAR imaging companies the National Reconnaissance Office selected in 2022 for study contracts.
Umbra Space is a California-based startup specializing in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology.
Umbra is founded, funded, built, and operated in the United States and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with a presence in Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C.
Umbra was previously selected for the Stage II option of the NRO Commercial Radar Capabilities contract in late 2022.
Maxar Intelligence operates high-resolution electro-optical imaging satellites and integrates SAR data from Umbra into its products.
Competitors Umbra in the United States and Iceye in Finland have achieved 1,200 MHz SAR capability.
Umbra operates a constellation of high-resolution synthetic aperture radar satellites.
The Space Development Agency awarded a $2,000,000 contract to Umbra under a Small Business Innovation Research contract to study integration of the company’s radar imaging satellites into the military’s next-generation satellite network.
In 2022 the National Reconnaissance Office awarded contracts to HawkEye 360, Aurora Insight, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global, and Umbra Lab to study the use of commercial radio frequency tracking data for defense applications.
Umbra launched a Mission Solutions business line to develop custom satellite solutions for governments and large multinational corporations leveraging its vertical integration and remote sensing expertise.
Umbra launched SAR satellites Umbra-09 and Umbra-10 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission on 2024-08-16.
Umbra launched SAR satellites Umbra-07 and Umbra-08 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-9 rideshare mission on 2023-11-09.
Umbra plans to deploy the remaining satellites in its licensed 32-satellite constellation in strategically designed pairs.
Umbra is founded, funded, built, and operated in the USA and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.
Umbra builds and operates small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar sensors capable of creating high-resolution images by processing radar signals.
Umbra-07 and Umbra-08 launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 mission on 2023-11-09.
Umbra will provide customers with bistatic SAR data later in 2024.
Umbra is founded, funded, built, and operated in the United States with headquarters in Santa Barbara, California and a presence in Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C.