Companies

Dutch downstream Earth observation startup developing satellite-imagery and AI tools for water scarcity forecasting, water-price risk, and supply-chain decision support.

AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) is a Swedish small satellite manufacturer and SDaaS operator listed on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market, Stockholm. The group operates three commercial lines: a subsystem component catalogue, full-satellite prime contracting, and Space-Data-as-a-Service where AAC owns and operates satellites and sells data subscriptions. Key programmes include the VIREON multispectral constellation and the EUR 76.3M EPS-Sterna microwave radiometer subcontract via subsidiary AAC Omnisys.

Dutch downstream EO and robotics startup building autonomous proximal soil-sensing robots that provide ground-truth data for satellite calibration, precision agriculture, and subsurface mapping.

Dutch precision-spectrometer manufacturer, headquartered in Ittervoort, Limburg. Founded 2006 as a spin-out from Philips Heerlen. Produces high-accuracy spectroradiometers, colorimeters, photometers, and 2D imaging colorimeters for inline production environments, primarily for display manufacturing (LCD, OLED, MicroLED, QD-OLED), AV calibration, lighting, biomedical, and analytical applications. CEO Steven Goetstouwers. The company operates its own cleanroom facility and an in-house IBS optical coating machine (acquired 2020), where every filter that ships goes through the same coating line. The closed-loop feedback between each finished device measurement and the next batch's coating recipe is the company's structural differentiator: an embodied, accumulating learning-by-doing process that a coating service bureau does not replicate. Spectral range across standard products is 250 to 1100 nm (UV to NIR).

Italy's national space agency (ente pubblico nazionale), established 1988. Operates the COSMO-SkyMed dual-use X-band SAR constellation (CSK: 4 satellites 2007-2010; CSG: up to 4 satellites 2019-2026+, sub-meter spotlight) and PRISMA hyperspectral mission (239-band 400-2505 nm, 30 m GSD, launched 2019). Leads IRIDE multi-constellation EO programme (ESA-managed, PNRR-funded, deployments 2025-2028). COSMO-SkyMed and PRISMA are Copernicus Contributing Missions. e-GEOS (20% ASI, 80% Telespazio) distributes COSMO-SkyMed data commercially.

Dutch downstream EO and agrifinance analytics company providing climate-risk, crop-yield, weather-index, and agricultural price-risk tools for insurers, lenders, and smallholder value chains.

Space Systems division of Airbus SE, formed 2014 from EADS Astrium, Cassidian, and Airbus Military. Prime contractor for ESA Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-6, and BIOMASS; MWR subcontractor on Sentinel-3. Operates Pleiades Neo (2/4 operational post-Vega-C 2022), Pleiades 1A/1B, SPOT 6/7. Co-owns TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X with DLR via public-private partnership. OneAtlas commercial data platform.

Dutch climate-tech platform connecting nature-based carbon removal projects with organisations seeking high-integrity carbon offsets. Uses satellite monitoring, IoT data, and real-time MRV aligned with the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). Enables EU-compliant carbon insets and offsets while supporting rural community ecosystem stewardship. Early-stage startup (2-10 employees) based at PLNT Leiden innovation hub.

French antenna manufacturer headquartered in Toulouse. Designs and builds compact antennas for small satellites across S-band, X-band, and Ka-band. Targets Earth observation and high-data-rate smallsat missions that need miniaturised antenna solutions compatible with CubeSat through ESPA-class form factors. Member of the CNES smallsat ecosystem; subsidiary or close partner relationships across the French commercial space supply chain.

US network emulation and SATCOM/WAN testing tool vendor headquartered in Marina del Rey, California (founded 2005). Products: Netropy and Linktropy WAN emulators; Netropy SatcomTester for satellite link validation. Acquired by Calnex Solutions April 2024.

Italian aerospace company headquartered in Colleferro, near Rome. Founded 2003 via merger; industrial roots trace to 1908. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange (STAR segment, ticker AVIO.MI) since April 2017. Ownership: ~19% Leonardo S.p.A., remainder free float and management (InOrbit srl ~4%). Approximately 1,200 employees across five sites in Italy (Colleferro, Campania, Piedmont), France, and French Guiana. Revenue EUR 357 million (2022), order book EUR 2.166 billion. Core products: Vega and Vega-C small-lift launch vehicles (ESA prime contractor); solid propellant motors (P80, Zefiro-23, Zefiro-9) for Vega family; Vega-E next-generation cryogenic upper stage in development; contribution to Ariane 6 (P120C strap-on boosters). Vega-C returned to flight December 2024 (Sentinel-1C); four launches planned 2025, five in 2026. CEO: Giulio Ranzo (since 2015). ESA authorised Avio to pursue direct commercial Vega-C sales from 2025.

Japanese microsatellite developer and EO constellation operator founded in 2008, headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Parent holding company Axelspace Holdings Corporation (TSE Growth: 402A, listed August 2025); Axelspace Corporation is the operating subsidiary. Operates five GRUS-1 optical EO microsatellites under the AxelGlobe service; seven GRUS-3 next-generation satellites scheduled for launch no earlier than July 2026 via SpaceX Transporter-17. Also provides AxelLiner full-service microsatellite solutions for customers. Approximately 139 employees as of March 2026. Total equity raised JPY 14.3 billion prior to IPO.

Boulder/Broomfield, Colorado-based aerospace technology company, now operating as BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems following acquisition by BAE Systems (completed February 16, 2024, $5.6 billion). Founded 1956 as Ball Brothers Research Corporation. Prime contractor for NASA EO instruments including CALIOP lidar on CALIPSO, OLI and OLI-2 imagers on Landsat 8 and 9, GMI microwave imager on GPM, and GeoXO Sounder instrument.

Commercial Chinese remote-sensing data and geospatial information provider associated with the SuperView / GaoJing satellite programme.

French optical systems manufacturer, part of the Bertin Technologies group. Designs and builds precision space optics, optical benches, and instrumentation for space and defence missions. Specialities include large mirror polishing, optical bench assembly, and complete optical subsystem integration for spaceborne spectrometers and imagers. European space supply chain peer of Sodern (star trackers), Zeiss (optical components), and Leonardo Optronics.

Dutch downstream Earth observation software company behind Cerberus, a game-based crowdsourcing platform for interpreting satellite and aerial imagery into maps, data labels, and geospatial intelligence products.

Dutch downstream Earth observation and carbon-insetting company using satellite-powered remote sensing to monitor deforestation, carbon emissions, and Scope 3 risk in coffee and cocoa supply chains.

US 501(c)(3) nonprofit (founded 2021) leading a public-private coalition to detect and quantify methane and CO2 point-source emissions at facility scale using hyperspectral satellite and airborne instruments. Operates Tanager-1 hyperspectral satellite (launched August 2024, built and operated by Planet Labs). Partners: NASA JPL, Planet Labs, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, California Air Resources Board, RMI. Funded by High Tide Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Grantham Foundation.

German precision-optics conglomerate founded in 1846. Wholly owned by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung foundation. Operates across four divisions: Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (EUV lithography optics for ASML), Medical Technology, Industrial Quality and Research (metrology systems used as qualification equipment in satellite payload manufacturing), and Consumer Markets. Not an EO operator or data provider; positioned as a precision-optics equipment supplier and heritage optical manufacturer.

French public applied research institute for microelectronics and nanotechnology, founded 1967, part of CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), headquartered in Grenoble. Key developer of infrared focal plane array (FPA) technology for space instruments, including HgCdTe (Mercury Cadmium Telluride) and MCT detectors used in EO and astronomy instruments. Spun off Sofradir (1986, now Lynred) for commercial IR detector production. ~1,900 staff. Key EO relevance: IR detector technology used in satellite instruments for atmospheric sounding and remote sensing.

European multi-technology group supplying ground-segment hardware and systems to the space industry. Headquarters in Noordwijk, Netherlands. Seven operating subsidiaries across Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and UK: Celestia TTI, Celestia TST, Celestia Callisto, Celestia STS, Celestia C (Scotland), Celestia Antwerp, Celestia Chip. Core products: EGSE, TT&C modems, RF components, antennas, cryogenic systems, satellite test equipment. Over 200 employees, annual revenue above 35M EUR. Privately held. CEO George Gardner (as of 2022).

France's national space agency, established December 19, 1961. Responsible for shaping and implementing France's space policy, including EO, telecommunications, navigation, and defence space programmes. Operates from Paris (HQ), Toulouse Space Centre, and Guiana Space Centre (Kourou). Budget €3,029 million (2024). More than 2,300 employees. Key EO missions: SPOT series, Pleiades high-resolution optical, Jason/TOPEX-Poseidon/SWOT oceanography, MERLIN methane lidar. Co-operates Copernicus programme contributions through ESA. CALIPSO mission co-lead with NASA.

Chinese commercial remote-sensing satellite company operating the Jilin-1 constellation and providing satellite manufacturing, operation and remote-sensing information services.

China's primary spacecraft design and manufacturing organization, established 1968 under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), headquartered in Haidian District, Beijing. Responsible for design and manufacture of most Chinese satellites including the Gaofen high-resolution EO series, Ziyuan resource-satellite series, Haiyang ocean observation satellites, and the Yaogan reconnaissance satellites. Has produced more than 430 spacecraft, with ~280 operational in orbit as of 2023. ~22,000 employees (2023).

Chinese resources-satellite data and application centre cited by CEOS as lead agency for HJ-2A and by WMO OSCAR as HJ-2A data distributor.

Argentine national space agency and operator of the SAOCOM radar observation programme.

Intergovernmental coordination forum for civil space-based Earth observation, established September 1984. Brings together 66 member agencies and associates (NASA, ESA, JAXA, CNES, DLR, and most national civil space agencies) to harmonise EO requirements, validation frameworks, and data interoperability standards. CEOS does not operate satellites, manufacture sensors, or produce data products. Its Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV) hosts the LPV (Land Product Validation) subgroup, which defines the Stage 0-4 land product validation hierarchy used as the authority framework for EO-Atlas calibration gradings.

Dutch optical instrumentation company (founded 1998, Sassenheim NL). Manufactures compact hyperspectral and X-ray optical systems for space and industrial applications. EO product line: HyperScout family (HS1/HS2/M/S), TScout, Valk. Three legal entities: cosine Research BV (NL parent), cosine GmbH (DE), cosine Remote Sensing SRL (IT).

CrystalSpace: small satellite and CubeSat manufacturer.

Space transportation and propulsion company with offices in New Zealand and the Netherlands. EO-Atlas relevance is ancillary: non-toxic in-space propulsion, refuellable spacecraft infrastructure, and reusable suborbital spaceplane flights that may support payload testing and spaceflight technology demonstration rather than direct Earth-observation data products.

Germany's federal research centre for aeronautics and space, organised as a Helmholtz Association non-profit (e.V.) and headquartered in Cologne. Spans aeronautics, space, energy, transport, security, and digitalisation across 30 German locations with 11,786 staff (2024). Houses the German Space Agency at DLR (Bonn), which executes Germany's space strategy and national ESA contributions. Operates TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X X-band SAR satellites in partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, and the EnMAP hyperspectral satellite (228 bands, 420-2450 nm, 30 m GSD, launched April 2022) via its Earth Observation Center at Oberpfaffenhofen. Developed the DESIS VNIR hyperspectral instrument deployed to the ISS (2018-2023). Distributes EO data including TanDEM-X DEM products, EnMAP, and Sentinel-2 processed outputs via the DLR Geoservice portal.

South African manufacturer of high-performance electro-optical imaging payloads, satellite buses, and complete small satellites for Earth observation constellations. Vertically integrated: designs and builds CubeSat imagers, microsat cameras, SAR payloads, satellite buses, and integrated satellite platforms. Operates EOSSAT-1 (AgriSat-1) in partnership with EOS Data Analytics. Majority-owned by Noosphere Ventures (Dr. Max Polyakov) since April 2021.

Spanish aerospace company, formerly CASA Espacio (1923-origin), became part of EADS Astrium on 1 January 2004, subsequently renamed Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U. on 24 July 2014. In its EADS CASA Espacio form, led the >20-company European consortium that built the MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis) payload for ESA's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission under a €62M ESA contract (signed 2004). MIRAS is the first spaceborne 2D interferometric radiometer, operating at L-band (1.4 GHz) from 763 km altitude.

Commercial EO data analytics company delivering AI-ready, analysis-ready Earth observation data products. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. EarthDaily is building the EarthDaily Constellation, a planned 10-satellite multispectral constellation with daily global coverage in 22 bands at 5 m GSD targeted for full operational status in 2026. The data product line emphasises analysis-ready output (radiometrically calibrated, atmospherically corrected, co-registered to the Sentinel-2 grid) suitable for AI workflows in agriculture, defence, intelligence, and insurance applications. April 2026 announcement: eight-figure data subscription agreement with a US Defense and Intelligence Technology company, cited as reflecting growing demand for AI-ready calibrated EO data.

Bulgarian smallsat platform manufacturer headquartered in Sofia (founded 2015). Modular CubeSat platforms across 1U through 16U form factors and ESPA-class FRAME family (FRAME S, FRAME L, FRAME Max). Subsystems (OBC, EPS, ADCS, S-Band/X-Band) sold discrete. Space Service offering wraps mission design, integration, launch procurement, and operations as a fixed-cost package. Developing the Balkan multispectral constellation (120 nanosats, 1.5 m GSD, Copernicus Contributing Mission candidate).

US-headquartered Earth observation analytics company (EOSDA), founded 2015, providing satellite imagery analytics for agriculture, forestry and land use; operator of the EOS SAT optical EO constellation (EOSSAT-1 launched 2025).

European intergovernmental organisation operating meteorological and Earth observation satellites. EUMETSAT operates the Meteosat geostationary fleet (MSG operational; MTG-I1 and MTG-S1 in service) and the Metop polar fleet (Metop-B and Metop-C operational; Metop-SGA1 in service). It operates Sentinel-3 jointly with ESA and distributes data for Sentinel-6, Jason-3, Sentinel-4, and Sentinel-5. EUMETSAT distributes Sentinel-5P data; ESA operates the satellite. 29 member states across Europe. Headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany.

Intergovernmental organisation of 23 European member states, established 1975, headquartered in Reading, UK (data centres in Bologna, Italy and Bonn, Germany). Operates global numerical weather prediction (NWP) models and data assimilation systems processing 40 million satellite and in-situ observations per day. Delivers two EU Copernicus services: the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Produces ERA5 and other reanalysis datasets. Operates one of Europe's largest supercomputer complexes. ~350 staff.

Inter-governmental space agency operating Earth observation programmes including Sentinel, EarthCARE, and Aeolus.

German commercial launch services and rideshare integrator headquartered in Berlin. Specialises in smallsat deployment and rideshare brokerage, integrating customer payloads onto SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter and Bandwagon missions, Vega-C, and other launch vehicles. Provides launch contracting, integration services, deployment hardware (CarboNIX separation systems, EXOpod CubeSat deployers), and on-orbit launch documentation. One of the principal European smallsat launch integrators alongside SAB Aerospace, ISILAUNCH (ISISPACE internal division), and D-Orbit.

Fantana GmbH: EO or space company.

UN specialized agency founded 1945, headquartered in Rome. Mandated to achieve food security and sustainable agriculture for 194 member states. Operates SEPAL (cloud-based EO processing for national forest monitoring), hosts the Open Foris open-source suite, and conducts the Global Forest Resources Assessment every five years as the sole global authority on forest statistics.

US technology company, wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ GOOGL/GOOG) since the 2015 restructuring. EO-Atlas relevance is Google Earth Engine (GEE), a cloud geospatial analysis platform launched in 2010 that hosts over 80 petabytes of third-party satellite imagery (Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS, ALOS/PALSAR-2 and others) and provides distributed compute for global-scale analysis. Google is not an EO operator, sensor manufacturer, or alert producer. GEE is the substrate and distribution channel for GLAD-L, GLAD-S2, RADD, DIST-ALERT, and the Hansen Global Forest Change dataset; producers are UMD, WUR, and NASA respectively.

Commercial space-based RF data and analytics company operating formation-flying satellite clusters for radio-frequency signal detection, characterization, and geolocation.

US manufacturer of hyperspectral imaging instruments and holographic diffraction grating optics, headquartered in Bolton, Massachusetts. Founded 2003 via management buyout of Agilent Technologies' Holographic Grating Operation. Product lines span airborne push-broom hyperspectral payloads (VNIR 400-1000 nm, SWIR 900-2500 nm), co-aligned VNIR-SWIR systems, compact UAV sensors, and industrial machine-vision hyperspectral cameras. Demonstrated space heritage: supplied imaging spectrometers for HISUI aboard the ISS (launched 2019). Since 2022, majority-owned by Arsenal Capital Partners and expanded into the Headwall Group through acquisitions of Holographix LLC (optical replication, MA), perClass BV (ML spectral software, NL), inno-spec GmbH (industrial hyperspectral, DE), and EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH (sensor sorting, AT).

Norwegian hyperspectral instrument manufacturer, owned by Norsk Elektro Optikk (NEO). Product line includes the Mjolnir benchtop and airborne hyperspectral cameras, ODIN and Baldur lines, plus laboratory and field accessories. Established player with deployments across Earth observation, defence, agriculture, mineral exploration, environmental monitoring, and quality control. HySpex instruments are widely used as the airborne hyperspectral reference for spaceborne mineral mapping cal/val campaigns; the 2024 Namibia carbonatite comparative study (Chakraborty et al., Remote Sensing) used HySpex Mjolnir airborne data as one of the reference datasets alongside PRISMA, EnMAP, and EMIT.

Finnish commercial SAR satellite operator, founded 2014 as an Aalto University spin-off and headquartered in Espoo. Operates the world's largest commercial X-band SAR constellation, over 70 satellites launched by May 2026, with sub-metre resolution. Approximately 700 employees, EUR 2.4B valuation as of December 2025, EUR 250M+ 2025 revenue, profitable. Counts the Royal Netherlands Air Force among sovereign customers (4-satellite SAR ISR contract, first launched June 2025). Copernicus Contributing Mission and ESA Third Party Mission status; partner on the ESA Civil Security from Space Programme.

Commercial space-based intelligence and satellite imagery operator behind the EROS satellite constellation.

India's national space agency, responsible for space science, technology, and applications. Operates the PSLV, GSLV Mk II, LVM3, and SSLV launch vehicles from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota). Operates Earth observation satellite programmes including RESOURCESAT, CARTOSAT, OCEANSAT, RISAT (SAR), and the EOS series. Communications and navigation satellite operator (INSAT, GSAT, NavIC). Commercial launches and EO data sales are channelled through NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO's commercial arm established 2019.

Chinese Academy of Sciences institute identified in public Gaofen-3 reporting as developer of the Gaofen-3 SAR payload.

Brazilian federal research institute under MCTI, established 1971 (predecessor CONAE from 1961), headquartered in Sao Jose dos Campos. Operational/research arm of the Brazilian space programme (AEB is the policy agency). Runs the CBERS satellite programme jointly with CAST (China) since 1988, Amazonia-1 (launched Feb 2021, designed and integrated under Brazilian technical leadership with INVAP subsystem contributions), and the TerraBrasilis distribution portal for PRODES annual deforestation and DETER near-real-time alerts. Standards authority on tropical-deforestation monitoring methodology used across the EU EUDR ecosystem and MapBiomas.

Argentine state-owned applied technology company; prime contractor for SAOCOM spacecraft and SAR payload development.

Dutch CubeSat platform, subsystem, and deployment systems manufacturer headquartered in Delft. Founded in 2006, ISISPACE serves more than 300 customers and partners across 50 countries, offering CubeSat buses from 3U to 16U, electrical power systems, GaAs solar panels, and deployers including the QuadPack family. The ISILAUNCH division acts as a rideshare launch broker. By 2024 more than 700 satellites had been launched across ISILAUNCH-facilitated missions.

Israeli aerospace and defence company with space observation satellite capabilities including high-resolution optical and SAR systems.

Japan's national space agency, formed 2003 from merger of ISAS, NAL, and NASDA. Operator of ALOS SAR series, GOSAT greenhouse gas satellites, GCOM climate observation missions, and HISUI hyperspectral ISS instrument. Launch authority for H-IIA (retired), H3 (operational), and Epsilon-S (in development).

Japan's bilateral ODA implementing agency; institutional co-developer of JJ-FAST tropical deforestation alert system with JAXA (PALSAR-2 SAR-based). Contributes ODA implementation framework, partner-country engagement, and capacity building. Not an EO operator or data processor.

Japanese national meteorological agency operating the Himawari geostationary meteorological satellite series.

German space sensor manufacturer headquartered in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1991 as a joint venture of Deutsche Aerospace (now Airbus Defence and Space) and Jenoptik; commenced operations April 1992. Became wholly owned by Jenoptik AG in 2005; acquired by Airbus Defence and Space in 2010. Approximately 250 employees. Core products: ASTRO APS star tracker (470+ units sold, 200+ in orbit, used on Orion/Artemis I and II), ASTRO XP high-precision star tracker, ASTROgyro, ASTROtir thermal camera, ASTRO XP Cam, RVS 3000 and RVS 3000-3D LiDAR rendezvous and docking sensors, multispectral cameras, and aerospace optics. Key programmes: ISS resupply (Cygnus via RVS 3000), MEV satellite servicing (Northrop Grumman), Artemis lunar missions, ESA HERA asteroid probe (2024). CEO: Peter Kapell.

SSA and space traffic coordination (STC) software vendor for satellite operators. Products: Satcat Product Suite (unified SSA/STC platform), formerly Pathfinder (collision avoidance). Customers: commercial and government satellite operators. US commercial.

South Korean aerospace research institute and KOMPSAT mission operator.

Polish onboard satellite data processing and AI company headquartered in Gliwice, founded 2016 as a Silesian University of Technology spinout. Polish Ministry of Science R&D Centre designation. Smart Mission Ecosystem product line: Leopard DPU (flagship onboard data processing unit for micro/mini/CubeSat-class, PC-104 compatible, deep neural network inference for real-time data reduction and object detection, compatible with the Simera Sense HyperScape100), Lion DPU (50-500 kg satellite class), The Herd algorithm suite for onboard image correction and EO analytics, Oasis EGSE for ground-side validation, and Smart Mission Lab cloud platform for AI/DPU validation with access to space-grade DPUs within 48 hours. 7 active space missions with collaborations including ESA, NASA, OHB, AAC Clyde Space, and OpenCosmos. Intuition-1 (6U hyperspectral CubeSat, SpaceX Transporter-9 November 2023) is the key flight-heritage demonstrator. ESA Supplier Performance Award (Innovation) 2024.

Norwegian commercial ground station network operator and EO analytics service provider, headquartered in Tromsø. Operates a global network of several hundred antennas across 40+ locations spanning polar to equatorial latitudes, with flagship sites at SvalSat (78 N, Svalbard, 100+ antennas) and Troll (72 S, Antarctica). Provides mission operations, TT&C, downlink, and data delivery services for EO, communications, and smallsat operators via KSATmax (full-service) and KSATlite (automated, constellation-scale). Owned 50/50 by Space Norway AS and Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS.

Kuva Space Oy is a Finnish commercial hyperspectral Earth observation company operating the Hyperfield smallsat constellation from Espoo, Finland. The company uses a patented piezo-actuated Fabry-Perot interferometer payload on 6U CubeSat platforms, providing tunable VNIR hyperspectral data (475-950 nm, up to 160 bands, 25 m GSD) as processed insights via an annual subscription model. Founded in 2016 as Reaktor Space Lab (Reaktor/Aalto University spin-off), rebranded 2021. Two Gen-1 satellites operational (2024, 2025); Gen-2 microsatellites with SWIR and onboard processing planned for H2 2026. ESA Copernicus Contributing Mission contract holder (EUR 5M, 2023-2028).

Launch42: space startup.

US space infrastructure operator providing hosted-payload and virtual-mission services through the Cockpit SDK platform. Founded 2017. Closed a USD 170M Series C in January 2025 at a unicorn valuation. Now prime on the French DESIR programme and a Helsing-led EU sovereign mission. As of early 2026, more than 30 payload customers are on the waitlist for upcoming spacecraft slots, making the company inbound-constrained rather than demand-constrained. Discovery via conferences, press, and contact form; no public pricing. Customer-facing technology stack is the Cockpit REST API and the HubKit SDK for post-contract integration.

French space domain awareness company founded 2022, headquartered in Toulouse (with Paris office). Co-founded by Gen. (Ret.) Michel Friedling (former head of French Space Command, 2019-2022) and Juan Carlos Dolado (former CNES space surveillance head, member of IAA Space Debris Committee). Products: SORASYS ground-based surveillance and tracking radar network for LEO; SYNAPSE hybrid digital platform for space traffic management and SSA/SDA. SORASYS-1 operational in Lozere, France as of April 2026. Total funding EUR 64M across three rounds: EUR 14M (2023, seed/France 2030), then Series A (ETF Partners led), then EUR 50M round closed June 2025. EIC Fund and BPIFrance backed.

Multi-institution consortium coordinating annual land-cover mapping and alert systems across Brazil and Latin America. Members include IPAM Amazonia, Imazon, ISA, SOS Mata Atlantica, UFRGS, LAPIG, Geodatin, ArcPlan, The Nature Conservancy, Imaflora, and approximately 30 additional research and NGO partners. INPE contributes DETER and PRODES data feeds and participates in the Scientific Advisory Committee but is not an operating institution. The consortium has no single institutional operator or legal registration; coordination is led by an independent scientific team (general lead Tasso Azevedo, scientific lead Julia Shimbo, technical lead Marcos Rosa). Administrated through a consortium coordination secretariat funded by grants and philanthropic donors.

Dutch commercial drone-in-a-box and autonomous UAV systems company; ESA BIC Noordwijk alumnus (2019-2022) using GNSS for drone positioning.

Dutch early-stage Earth observation company focused on coral reef conservation and restoration support using remote sensing, GIS and AI; ESA BIC Noordwijk alumnus (2021-2023).

Canadian space-technology company surfaced as the RADARSAT-1 industrial contractor/data distributor in CSA RADARSAT-1 materials.

Dutch weather-nowcasting company providing near-real-time weather data, APIs and aviation weather services using satellite imagery, ground and airborne sensor data, and numerical weather prediction; EO-adjacent rather than a core EO operator.

MetaSensing Radar Solutions: SAR and radar systems manufacturer.

Commercial environmental diagnosis and monitoring platform using satellite and environmental datasets for public-sector territorial policy; ESA BIC Noordwijk alumnus (2021-2023).

Japan's central government ministry for industrial policy, trade, energy, and natural resources (founded 2001 from MITI). Programme authority and funder for HISUI hyperspectral ISS instrument, ASTER multispectral instrument (joint with NASA), and ASNARO small-satellite EO demonstration series, all executed through Japan Space Systems (JSS), a METI-supervised foundation. Also initiated the Tellus satellite data platform (operated by Sakura Internet).

Russian institute associated with the Start-1 launch vehicle used for EROS-B.

Lithuanian small satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, founded 2014 as a Vilnius University spin-off and now a subsidiary of the KONGSBERG Group. End-to-end mission provider: manufactures CubeSat and microsatellite buses (M3P 3U, M6P 6U, M12P 12U, M16P 16U, MP42 microsatellite to 115 kg), integrates payloads, coordinates launches, and operates missions. Agnostic supplier position: NanoAvionics does not sell its own satellite data. 150+ commercial missions delivered, sold to 50+ countries, Q1 2024 average satellite downtime 0.8%. KONGSBERG Group ownership provides industrial manufacturing scale and an April 2026 strategic partnership with KSAT for ground station and mission operations integration.

US federal civilian space agency, established October 1958 under the National Aeronautics and Space Act, headquartered in Washington DC. Operates Earth observation missions through 20 field centres, primarily Goddard Space Flight Center (Terra, Aqua, GEDI, Landsat 8/9 space segment) for forestry-relevant work. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, separate EO-Atlas slug nasa-jpl) handles distinct radar and OPERA programmes. NASA is not a commercial manufacturer; for hardware-builder FKs see Ball Aerospace (acquired by BAE Systems 2023) on OLI and OLI-2.

Egyptian national authority identified in mission references as operator of the EgyptSat Earth-observation missions.

Chinese national ocean satellite application organisation surfaced as the HY ocean-satellite operator and data distributor.

Dutch national space agency, operating under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. Coordinates Dutch participation in ESA optional programmes (GSTP, InCubed, ARTES), manages national space programmes including the User Support Programme for Dutch Earth observation users and the InstrumentenPlatform, issues NSO/NLSA delegation letters for ESA programmes, and authorises ESA Business Incubation Centre admission for Dutch startups. Major Dutch EO partner programmes include Sentinel-5P TROPOMI (Dutch instrument PI consortium led by SRON and KNMI) and the upcoming Tango atmospheric methane mission.

Portuguese AI-driven space traffic management (STM) and space situational awareness (SSA) SaaS company. Provides automated collision avoidance, conjunction risk assessment, and satellite tracking for operators, launchers, defense customers, and insurers. Not a primary EO imaging operator -- adjacent services to the EO sector via SSA and optical telescope tracking.

Nextage LLC: EO or space company.

Russian spacecraft developer associated in public references with the Meteor-M satellite series; used as manufacturer stub for Meteor-M instrument candidates pending a dedicated company research pass.

UK small satellite mission prime targeting sovereign and regional government customers. Notable contracts include the Greece EUR 60M sovereign EO programme and the NanoMagSat ESA Earth Explorer 10 mission. Expanding into LEO connectivity via the ConnectedCosmos business line. Operates DataCosmos, a multi-source EO data aggregation platform with STAC and COG access plus Python and Jupyter notebooks integration. Runs the OpenConstellation consortium model under which multiple sovereign and commercial customers share a federated satellite fleet.

OpenAtlas is a Netherlands-based geospatial compliance intelligence company using satellite imagery, machine learning and API-native workflows for supply-chain verification, EUDR deforestation monitoring and regulatory risk screening.

Dutch AI company building AIOps and AI-as-a-service products for critical networks and data-intensive use cases; ESA BIC Noordwijk alumnus (2014-2016) with Earth-observation downstream heritage.

Dutch commercial satellite radar and AI analytics company providing COSMIC-EYE critical-infrastructure monitoring for pipelines, power grids and critical sites; ESA BIC Noordwijk alumnus (2012-2013).

US commercial hyperspectral Earth-observation company headquartered in San Francisco. Operates the GHOSt (Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite) constellation of six technically identical microsatellites carrying a VIS-SWIR hyperspectral imager (512 bands, 8.3 m multispectral GSD, 3 m panchromatic). Defence-adjacent business model: contracts with US DoD, USAF, Space Force, and the NRO Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) programme, plus commercial energy-infrastructure and mining buyers. In-Q-Tel backed. SIGMA (Spectral Intelligence Global Monitoring Application) is the customer-facing tasking, archive, and analytics platform on top of GHOSt acquisitions. Heritage from the HEIST ISS-hosted hyperspectral instrument (2019) and the Aurora precursor satellite, with GHOSt payloads built proprietary to OSK on Astro Digital Corvus-XL platforms.

Indian-American commercial hyperspectral Earth observation operator. Founded 2019 in Bengaluru by Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal; dual HQ in Bengaluru and California. Approximately 95 million USD raised through 2025. NASA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program vendor. Product line spans four generations: retired technology demonstrators (TD-1 Anand, TD-2 Shakuntala, 2022), the operational Firefly constellation of six VNIR hyperspectral satellites (FFLY-1 to FFLY-6, launched 2025), and the in-development Honeybee VSWIR programme (HB0 planned 2026, baseline Honeybee post-HB0). Customer base includes Rio Tinto and a growing roster of mining, agriculture, and defence buyers.

US commercial Earth observation operator, NYSE: PL, headquartered in San Francisco. Largest commercial satellite constellation operator by satellite count. Operates the PlanetScope SuperDove constellation (~130+ smallsats, 8 bands, 3 m GSD, daily revisit), SkySat very-high-resolution constellation (~15 satellites, 50 cm GSD, acquired from Terra Bella / Skybox), Pelican (sub-metre VHR with NVIDIA Jetson on-orbit edge compute), and Tanager-1 (hyperspectral, 426 bands, launched August 2024 in Carbon Mapper partnership). The PlanetScope brand spans three materially different sensor generations (PS2, PS2.SD, PSB.SD/SuperDove) with different spectral response functions; Planet ships a public harmonization tool to cross-calibrate older PS2 data to SuperDove for the four shared RGBNIR bands, which is the canonical operator-published acknowledgment of the cross-generation incompatibility problem that motivates third-party calibration infrastructure.

Austrian in-orbit demonstration (IOD) service provider offering the GreenBox platform -- a standardised CubeSat-based one-stop-shop enabling customers to test technologies in orbit within six months without requiring satellite expertise.

US radiation effects testing and qualification laboratory headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Subsidiary of Applied Technical Services, LLC (ATS) since November 2021 acquisition. Operates a 35,000 sq ft facility offering: total ionizing dose (TID) testing, single event effects (SEE) via heavy ion and laser, neutron displacement damage, electron beam, flash X-ray / prompt dose, cobalt-60 high and low dose rate gamma irradiation. Serves space, defense, aerospace, and medical electronics customers. Acquired Cobham RAD Inc. (Colorado Springs) from Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions in June 2021, adding heavy-ion SEE and MIL-STD testing to portfolio. Founder: Mike Tostanoski. President: Malcolm Thomson (former GM Cobham RAD Inc.). Claims world leadership in radiation effects testing.

German satellite-bus manufacturer headquartered in Berlin (founded May 2021). Designs and manufactures adaptable satellite platforms for LEO in the 75-500 kg mass range. First flight heritage January 2025 (SIGI, 109 kg, SpaceX Transporter-12). Series A EUR 50M closed November 2025.

RegenRate is the trading name of FarmOn B.V., a Dutch commercial company building a camelina cover-crop supply chain for sustainable aviation fuel with software and satellite-data traceability for certification and compliance.

Remondo: EO or space company.

Russian federal hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring service; WMO OSCAR lists RosHydroMet as a space agency for Meteor-M N2-4.

Dutch SaaS company providing satellite-based supply-chain deforestation monitoring and EUDR compliance services. Consumes open satellite data (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Landsat, PlanetScope) and produces audit-grade plot-level risk intelligence. Not an EO operator or instrument manufacturer. Co-developer of the RADD Sentinel-1 alert system with Wageningen University.

Commercial EO operator and manufacturer. Operates the Aleph-1 sub-meter multispectral constellation (57+ NewSat satellites). Vertically integrated design, manufacture, and operations. NASDAQ: SATL.

Polish imaging payload company headquartered in Wroclaw. Designs and builds optical imaging instruments for smallsats, primarily compact telescopes and VNIR imaging systems for Earth observation and on-orbit inspection use cases. Operates at the imaging-payload layer of the smallsat supply chain alongside Simera Sense, Headwall Photonics, and KP Labs. Listed on Polish stock exchange.

Former Selex-Galileo (Finmeccanica), now part of Leonardo S.p.A.; subcontractor for ATLID detector subsystem on EarthCARE.

Chinese state-owned spacecraft manufacturer under CASC; bus builder for DQ-1/DQ-2 missions carrying ACDL.

Chinese Academy of Sciences institute; developer of the ACDL laser subsystem for the DQ-1/DQ-2 missions.

Commercial optical payload manufacturer for nano-, micro-, and small satellites, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium with offices in France, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Heritage from the South African small satellite industry (SunSat / SumbandilaSat programme). Two product lines: the xScape multispectral and RGB / video payloads (xScape50 1U at 30 m GSD, xScape100 1.5U at 4.75 m, xScape200 12U at 1.5 m) and the HyperScape100 hyperspectral payload at 1.5U volume (VNIR 460-860 nm with a continuously variable optical filter exposing up to 400 available bands at 442-884 nm of which 32 can be configured per capture, 4.75 m GSD at 500 km, 19.4 km swath, 12-bit). 50+ clients worldwide; EUR 13.5M growth round backed by NewSpace Capital and Knife Capital.

SkyfloX develops ORCA, the ESA-patented Optical and RF Constellations on Aircraft concept, using payloads mounted on commercial aircraft to provide aircraft-based Earth observation and telecommunication services.

French manufacturer of space optronics (star trackers, cameras) and neutron technology instruments. ArianeGroup 90% / CEA 10% subsidiary. Headquartered in Limeil-Brevannes, France; US subsidiary Sodern America in Englewood, Colorado from 2026.

US launch and spacecraft manufacturer founded by Elon Musk in 2002. Operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles. Provider of the Transporter dedicated smallsat rideshare programme to sun-synchronous orbit, which has become the dominant launch service for commercial Earth observation smallsats including Planet, ICEYE, Spire, Capella, Satellogic, Pixxel, and GHGSat. SpaceX is also the principal launch provider for the Starlink broadband constellation it operates.

Canadian academic smallsat manufacturer and operator founded in 1998 at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). Developed 98 operationally successful small satellites (3-500 kg) over 27 years, totalling 448+ cumulative years in orbit. Products include the NEMO (15 kg), DEFIANT (30 kg), and DAUNTLESS (scalable 1x1x1 m) satellite bus platforms. Key customers: GHGSat, HawkEye 360, Norwegian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency. Satellite manufacturing operations closed by U of T in 2026; successor entity SFL Missions Inc. continues as an independent private company.

Dutch RF localization startup (Nijmegen, founded 2024). Spinoff from Radboud Radio Lab via the REXUS sounding-rocket programme. Flagship product Track Your Rocket (TYR) provides GPS-independent localization for sounding rockets using distributed phased-array interferometry in the ISM band. Secondary feasibility-stage product Spacecific Localization System (SLS) targets indoor RF device tracking. Partners include T-Minus Engineering, Radboud Radio Lab, Lumiad, and Oost NL.

Finnish hyperspectral imaging instrument manufacturer founded 1995, headquartered in Oulu. Produces hyperspectral cameras for airborne, laboratory, industrial inline, and ground-based applications. Product lines span VNIR (FX10, FX17), full VNIR-SWIR (AisaFENIX, AisaIBIS), SWIR (FX50), and dedicated lines for industrial sorting and quality control. Specim is one of the three major commercial hyperspectral camera manufacturers alongside HySpex (Norway) and Headwall Photonics (US). For Earth observation it serves as an airborne and ground-based reference instrument, with AisaFENIX widely used for cal/val of spaceborne hyperspectral data.

SpectraWorks B.V. is a Dutch deep-tech building cross-sensor spectral calibration infrastructure for Earth observation. Operates RefCal (calibration methodology) and is preparing the HORUS-1 orbital payload as a Tier 1 reference anchor.

US commercial smallsat operator and space data company, NYSE: SPIR. Operates the LEMUR constellation of 3U CubeSat nanosatellites collecting GNSS-RO atmospheric profiles (weather/climate), ADS-B aircraft positions (aviation), and hosted payloads for third parties (Space Services). Maritime AIS business sold to Kpler in April 2025. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia; offices across 9 countries.

Dutch national institute for space research, affiliated with the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Develops scientific instruments for ESA and NASA missions, with particular strength in optical design, detector technology, cryogenic instrumentation, and space qualification. SRON is the principal investigator institute for Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI and the upcoming Sentinel-5 UVNS spectrometers, and contributes to a range of Earth observation, astrophysics, and exoplanet missions including Athena, METIS for ELT, and ARIEL.

Russian state space corporation; WMO OSCAR lists Roscosmos with RosHydroMet for Meteor-M N2-4.

UK smallsat manufacturer headquartered in Guildford, Surrey (incorporated 23 May 1985, company no. 01916260). University of Surrey spin-off; wholly owned Airbus Defence and Space subsidiary since 2009. Platforms: SSTL-CUBE, SSTL-MICRO, SSTL-MINI. Built approximately 70 satellites for 22+ countries. Revenue ~$82M (2025).

Japanese SAR satellite data and analytics company operating the StriX constellation.

German public technical university; co-developer of the LAPAN-TUBSAT / LAPAN-A1 microsatellite with Indonesia's LAPAN.

German space communications hardware manufacturer headquartered in Backnang, Baden-Württemberg. Independent subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space, tracing origins to AEG telecommunications operations established in Backnang in 1949; formally constituted as Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG in 2001 following acquisition by EADS Astrium. Core products: traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTA), solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA), electronic power conditioners (EPC), TT&C transponders, passive RF components (OMUX, IMUX, waveguide switches), and the SCOT family of optical inter-satellite link terminals (SCOT20 for small satellites, SCOT80 for LEO constellations at 10 Gbps, SCOT135 for MEO/GEO at up to 100 Gbps). Over 10,000 laser links established in space by 2018. Approximately 1,050 employees (2021); revenue approximately EUR 280-344 million. US subsidiary established. Key recent milestone: SCOT80 launched on GPS III-10 in April 2026 for first MEO laser communications test.

Franco-Italian satellite systems integrator and prime contractor, joint venture between Thales Group (67 percent) and Leonardo (33 percent), headquartered at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center. Approximately 8,000 employees across 14 sites in 7 countries; consolidated revenue about EUR 2.36 billion in 2025. One of Europe's three largest space manufacturers alongside Airbus DS and OHB. Builds satellites for operators including ESA, ASI, and EUMETSAT; does not operate missions itself. Prime contractor on Sentinel-3 (all units), Cosmo-SkyMed (both generations), Meteosat, Euclid, and the Copernicus Expansion missions CIMR, ROSE-L, and CHIME. Subcontractor (P-band feed array) on ESA's BIOMASS, where Airbus DS UK holds the prime contract.

Dutch independent applied-research organisation under the TNO Act. Distinct from SRON (NWO-I science institute) and KNMI (meteorology). Major instrument contributor to ESA Earth observation missions: built the UVN-OBM (telescope, calibration unit, and 3 of 4 spectrometer channels) for Tropomi on Sentinel-5P; UV1 spectrometer (270-310 nm) plus 2 high-resolution optical telescopes for Sentinel-5 on MetOp-SG A1 (Airbus DS holds the UVNS prime); VNS module for EarthCARE MSI. Space and Scientific Instrumentation directorate based at Stieltjesweg, Delft.

German optical metrology and test equipment manufacturer headquartered in Wedel, near Hamburg. Specialises in optical alignment, MTF testing, lens centration measurement, and quality control instrumentation across defence, automotive, semiconductor, consumer optics, and space sectors. Product line includes ImageMaster MTF benches, OptiCentric centration instruments, and a range of dedicated metrology tools that anchor the optical QA chain for instrument manufacturers globally. One of the principal optical metrology vendors alongside Optikos and Image Engineering.

Dutch space-education company providing online STEM courses and remote access to ground-station exercises using real satellite signals and weather-satellite/Earth-observation data; EO-adjacent rather than a core EO data provider.

US federal scientific agency, bureau of the Department of the Interior, founded 1879. Agency HQ at Reston, Virginia; Landsat operational HQ at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Co-manages the Landsat program with NASA, with NASA procuring spacecraft and instruments, managing launch, and overseeing initial orbital checkout, while USGS assumes operational control thereafter, runs the ground segment, processes data to Collection 2 specifications, and distributes globally at no cost. The 2008 USGS free and open Landsat data policy is the structural enabler of GLAD-L, Hansen Global Forest Change, and PRODES.

UN treaty secretariat for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (adopted 1992, in force 1994). Administers the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ (COP 19, 2013), the methodological framework that national forest reference levels and forest monitoring systems must follow to access results-based payments for deforestation emission reductions. Does not operate satellites or produce EO data; mandates national forest monitoring systems that must use remote sensing combined with ground-based inventory.

U.S. military service responsible for space operations, including current DMSP authority in public mission records.

US public research university (Maryland flagship). Home of the GLAD lab (Global Land Analysis and Discovery), which produces the GLAD-L, GLAD-S2, and DIST-ALERT deforestation alert algorithms and the Hansen annual global forest change dataset, distributed via WRI's Global Forest Watch platform. Does not operate satellites; consumes open Landsat and Sentinel-2 data.

Public research university whose Earth and Space Institute designed and built the HARP2 polarimeter contributed to NASA's PACE mission.

US commercial Earth-imaging operator, headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. Rebranded from Maxar Intelligence on 1 October 2025; the broader corporate lineage runs DigitalGlobe (1992), MDA acquisition forming Maxar Technologies (October 2017), Advent International private acquisition of Maxar (May 2023), and the September 2023 split into Maxar Space Systems (now Lanteris Space Systems) and Maxar Intelligence. Operator of WorldView Legion, WorldView-1/2/3, GeoEye-1, and historical IKONOS / QuickBird very-high-resolution Earth-imaging constellations. Revenue mix is government-prime-dominant (NGA, USSF) with a commercial direct channel via Vantor Hub (STAC API, credits, WorldView tasking suite) plus reseller partnerships with SkyFi and Apollo Mapping. The 20-year DigitalGlobe to Vantor archive is the company's primary commercial differentiator. For EO-Atlas FK purposes, Vantor is the manufacturer FK on WorldView-class sensor entities and operator FK on WorldView-class mission entities.

US precision optical coating manufacturer (NASDAQ: VIAV), OSP division. Founded 1948 as Optical Coating Laboratory (OCLI); JDSU acquired OCLI in 2000, became Viavi Solutions in August 2015. Fiscal year 2025: OSP revenue USD 307.7 million, operating margin 36.5% (total company revenue USD 1.084 billion). Products: Linear Variable Filters (LVF), dichroic beamsplitters, Hyperspectral Filter Arrays, custom coatings UV-LWIR. NASA flight heritage: OVIRS on OSIRIS-REx, LEISA on New Horizons, SPHEREx (2025), MISE on Europa Clipper (2024).

Dutch public research university and non-profit research institute, ranked first globally in agriculture and forestry. Operates as two co-managed legal entities (Wageningen University and Stichting Wageningen Research) under a shared Executive Board. The Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing (GRS lab, led by Johannes Reiche) developed the RADD forest disturbance alert algorithm and the Forest Foresight predictive deforestation model. Not an EO operator or instrument manufacturer.

Wildflyer is a Dutch wildfire-intelligence software company providing a web analysis platform and offline field application that combine weather, satellite, fire-perimeter, drone and field-observation data for fire services.

US 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and policy organization. Operates the Global Forest Watch (GFW) and GFW Pro platforms as the distribution layer for third-party deforestation alert systems (GLAD, RADD, DIST-ALERT, JJ-FAST). Not a satellite operator and not an alert algorithm producer.

Wren Aerospace is a Dutch commercial HAPS developer building the Wren Flyer, a hydrogen/solar hybrid high-altitude platform for connectivity and payload-dependent Earth observation, IR and radar monitoring from the stratosphere.

Canadian commercial hyperspectral Earth observation company, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Y Combinator alumni; approximately USD 21M raised. Explicit mining-vertical positioning (Olympic Dam imagery on website). Operates the Dragonette constellation: three Gen 1 / Gen 1b 6U CubeSats launched 2023 (Dragonette-001 at 23 bands 503-799 nm; -002 and -003 at 32 bands 445-880 nm; spectrally not interchangeable across the two generations), plus Dragonette-004 and -005 on a different Loft Orbital platform with larger imaging and downlink capacity. The upcoming Rosette satellites extend coverage into SWIR via deployable optics, targeting rare earth element detection, tailings analysis, and GHG super-emitter mapping. Open data programme; CEO Chris Robson.

Chinese commercial remote-sensing operator behind the Zhuhai-1 constellation.