Market Watch "at glance"

January 2019

Market

• Airbus-built French military Earth observation satellite launched

• Copernicus budget gets budget boost from European Commission
  

• Chinese Remote-Sensing Firms Seek More Opportunities as Sector Gains Policy Support

• Democratizing Access to Space

• DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite Suffers Technical Failure In Orbit
  

• Geospatial Data Startup GeoSpock Raises €11 Million to Expand in Singapore and Japan

• GeoBuiz Innovation Awards recognizes geospatial market disruptors

• Major Geospatial technology trends for 2019
  

• Maxar Technologies Reports Total Failure of WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite

• Maxar Technologies Announces CEO Transition. Maxar's SSL Selected to Define Small Satellite Requirements for Environmental Defense Fund

• New nano-satellite system yields high-res imagery at lower cost

• OneWeb Satellites has shipped first satellites for the OneWeb constellation to launch site

• Planet to Acquire Boundless to Further Support U.S. Government Business

• Satellogic Signs Agreement with CGWIC to Launch Earth Observation Constellation of 90 Satellites.  

• Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market

• Spire and ICEYE join forces to enable global monitoring of dark vessels at sea

• The Satellite Applications Catapult partners with Infostellar to provide improved ground station access
  

• Under 30 Satellite Companies Spire and ICEYE Team Up To Fight Crime On the High Seas. Spire and ICEYE join forces to enable global monitoring of dark vessels at sea

• Ursa and SI Imaging Services Announce Further Collaboration on Satellite Analytics

• UrtheCast closes US$20m deal to acquire digital agriculture firm Geosys