BlackSky signs contract exceeding 30 million dollars to supply Gen-3 ISR for defense client
BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured a multi-year contract worth over 30 million dollars to integrate its Gen-3 high-cadence tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services into the secure operational environment of a strategic international defense customer.
The program aims to boost sovereign space-based intelligence capacities by leveraging BlackSky's commercial t The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we're ill-prepared to combat it
As satellite technology surges ahead and space becomes increasingly accessible to private and state actors alike, the new and unsettling threat of space terrorism looms above Earth's atmosphere.
Once the domain of science fiction, the idea of terrorist activity in outer space is now a growing concern among experts.
The democratisation of space has not only opened the door to innovati Ancient mantle revealed by 3.7-billion-year-old rocks in Australia
Researchers at the University of Western Australia, along with colleagues from the University of Bristol, the Geological Survey of Western Australia, and Curtin University, examined feldspar crystals from anorthosite rocks found in the Murchison region of Western Australia. These rocks, dated at 3.7 billion years old, are confirmed to be the oldest on the Australian continent and among the earli New Copernicus Satellite Strengthens Earth Observation Programme
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite was successfully launched on November 4, 2025, at 22:02 CET from French Guiana using an Ariane 62 rocket. Sentinel-1D joins the Copernicus programme, providing essential data for environmental monitoring, infrastructure assessment, and disaster response.
The Sentinel-1 mission now features two identical satellites in orbit, imaging Earth's surface every FAA to restrict commercial launches during government shutdown
The next generation of environmental intelligence: Why high-resolution satellite imagery must power our planet’s future
Week in images: 03-07 November 2025
Week in images: 03-07 November 2025
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ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals
As the United Nations COP30 climate change conference convenes in Belém, Brazil, the world's attention will turn to the heart of the Amazon rainforest – a region that symbolises both hope and concern in the fight against climate change.
Once considered one of Earth's most vital carbon sinks, the Amazon is now showing troubling signs – satellite observations reveal that parts of this vast ecosystem are no longer absorbing carbon dioxide as they once did. In some areas, the forest has even become a net source of carbon emissions.
Europe’s lead in hyperspectral Earth observation depends on public–private partnerships
GHGSat continues to expand its methane-monitoring constellation
SAN FRANCISCO – GHGSat announced plans Nov. 7 to send two additional satellites into its greenhouse-gas-monitoring constellation. Ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Brazil, Montreal-based GHGSat is preparing to expand its methane-monitoring constellation from 12 to 14 satellites.
