Market Watch "at glance"

July 2017

Market

• Airbus and Partners Launch ‘Starling’ Satellite Service after Successful Pilot Phase with Ferrero and Nestlé
• Airbus, Namibia to explore benefits of Virtual Space Data Centre
•  Airbus Takes Orthorectification to a Higher Level With WorldDEM4Ortho 
• Cartosat-2E adds to India's strategic heft but satellite imaging leaders are still a far sight
• Cloud-enabled constellation planning from Orbit Logic

• DigitalGlobe Selects SSL To Build Industry-Leading WorldView Legion Satellite Constellation

• Earth Observation to Capture the Mainstream Market
  
• ESRI and Planet High Resolution Satellite Images Integration
• GMV to supply Copernicus services in support to EU external action 
• Harris working on $500 million contract to improve geospatial intelligence searching
• Harris-exactEarth partnership promises minute-by-minute ship tracking
  
• Hosting of Virtual Space Data Centre taking shape
•  Is the Earth-observation industry consolidating, or just evolving?  
  

• Lloyd's to introduce satellite imagery and intelligence service

• MDA seeks to provide extensive support to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies
• MDA withdraws, resubmits paperwork for DigitalGlobe acquisition

• NGA Purchases $14 Million, One-Year Subscription to Planet Imagery

• Radiant.Earth leverages public and commercial business models
• Rezatec to Streamline Farming Efficiency with EO Data
• Satellogic raises $27 million round for hyperspectral imaging constellation
  

• Sinergise partners with Airbus Defence and Space

• Sweating the Small Stuff: CubeSats Swarm Earth Orbit
• Planetary Resources sets aside Earth observation system
• Urthecast and Esri partner in bringing imagery to life in ArcGIS
• Ursa Space Systems and e-Geos forge revenue-sharing partnership
  

• With cash infusion, Capella prepares its first SAR cubesat   

• 50 small satellites seeking launch this year will not find a ride, UK's Catapult says