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Maxar looks to fill demand for accurate 3D mapping for autonomous vehicles (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

A technology gap in the autonomous vehicle industry today is access to highly accurate 3D maps of the Earth so vehicles can identify objects...

Intelligence agencies seek resilient and reliable commercial tools (Debra Werner, Space News)

U.S. intelligence agencies are eager to adopt cutting-edge commercial tools and technologies, but need confidence in the security of the data delivered, Stacey Dixon,...

Taiwan’s TiSPACE to try again after launch attempt ends in flames (Park Si-soo, Space News)

Launch startup Taiwan Innovative Space Inc.’s quest to field a commercial smallsat launcher suffered a setback last month when a suborbital prototype of a...

NRO to tap commercial industry for space-based radar data (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The director of the National Reconnaissance Office Christopher Scolese announced Oct. 7 the agency will start buying space radar imagery from commercial providers. “Our focus...

NRO begins journey toward commercial data program of record (Debra Werner, Space News)

The National Reconnaissance Office is preparing to survey commercial capabilities to provide various geospatial datasets as part of a long-term campaign to establish a...

Industry has more work ahead to make data analytics less dependent on human supervision (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The geospatial intelligence industry has come a long way in its race to turn imagery into meaningful data for decision makers. But there is...

Maxar still confident Legion constellation will be in orbit in 2022 (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Maxar remains confident that it will launch all six of its next-generation WorldView Legion imaging satellites in 2022,  “We anticipate all six to be on...

Earth observation is expanding into new markets (Andrew Jones, Space News)

Markets for Earth observation data and associated services are growing and evolving. While government remains the major customer for satellite imagery, there is a...

NASA reshuffles commercial crew astronaut assignments because of Starliner delays (Jeff Foust, Space News)

NASA has reassigned two astronauts from Boeing commercial crew missions to a SpaceX one as the agency addresses delays in the development of the...

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