Market Watch "at glance"

November 2017

Market

• Airbus and MDA celebrate 30 years of business relationship
  

• Airbus receives go-ahead for twin GRACE-FO satellites

• Autodesk and Esri Partnering to Advance Infrastructure Planning and Design
• China to Freely Share Data from Weather, Carbon Satellites
• DigitalGlobe, Orbital Insight to Jointly Expand Analytic Solutions. Set Their Sights on Expanding Their Scope Globally
• DigitalGlobe Adds New SecureWatch Functionalities
• East View Geospatial Signs Reseller Contract with Imagery Provider UrtheCast
• Earth-i orders satellites from SSTL for world’s first full-colour video constellation
  

• Earth Observing CubeSats Could Soon Help Revolutionize Weather Forecasting
  

• European Space Agency (ESA) Announces Overall Winner FFSCat at the Copernicus Masters 2017
• European Commission Supports Entrepreneurship with the Copernicus Accelerator
• ESA seeks "missing link" between drones and satellites
  
• Funding boost for Glasgow-based space-tech firm Bird.i 
• Finnish startup Iceye to supply DoD unit with airborne imagery
  
• Geospatial imaging service Enview raises $6 million to manage energy and utility infrastructure
• Glasgow-based satellite imaging firm Bird.i secures fresh funding for expansion
  
• Growing Public Awareness of Geospatial Technology Brings New Chances for the Industry
• How Can Earth's Big Data Shape Our Future?
  
• IAFC Partners with Intermedix and Esri to Build National Mutual Aid System
• Israel Aerospace Sells Majority of ImageSat Equity to Private-Equity Company

• Japan Eyes Free Satellite Imaging Data for Businesses

• Loft Orbital lands $3.2 mln seed
• Orbital Witness wins Airbus’ Global Earth Observation Challenge
• PCI Geomatics Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AGH University, in Krakow, Poland
• Radiant Solutions is Transforming Global Mapping and Intelligence with Unique Geospatial Information and Insights
• San Francisco company Spire arrives in Luxembourg
• SAR Satellites See Silicon Valley’s Quick Drought Recovery
• Seraphim Capital: Investor Interest in NewSpace is Growing Fast
  
• Space Angels counts $519 million in satellite equity investment so far in 2017 
• Spain's PAZ satellite set for shipment to launch site
  
• Spire Raises $70 Million in Latest Funding Round
  

• SSTL to build UrtheCast’s UrtheDaily Constellation
  

• Thales Alenia Space signs contract with the UK Space Agency to work on climate change mission

• The EO UrtheCast Smallsats — UrtheDaily™ — to be Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL)

• The Geospatial Analytics Capabilities of Orbital Insight Brings Reseller Agreements with ITOCHU and SKY Perfect JSAT

• UrtheCast and e-GEOS collaborate to provide unique optical and SAR products
• World View's commercial balloon business is taking off
• 15.14% CAGR remote sensing services market potentially worth $ 21.62 billion to 2022
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