The fate of one of the world’s most treasured cities hinges on the performance of a mega-project scheduled to be fully operational later this year.

A system of flood barriers, located at three inlets that separate the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea, is  designed to hold back the rising water and prevent Venice from being consumed by the sea.

ITHACA, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 28, 2022 - Ursa Space Systems, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure provider, has announced today that Kleos Space (ASX: KSS), a space-powered defense & intelligence technology company, will join its Virtual Constellation, the world’s largest database of satellite imagery from the most trusted SAR, optical, and RF data vendors around the globe.

John Severance, host of the New Space Podcast, spoke recently with Ursa Space's Eric Cote, Director of Data and Analytics Services.

In the episode, John and Eric discuss the role that Ursa plays bringing commercial imagery from multiple providers under a single roof and using these resources to create analytics that solve customer problems.

Southeast Asia holds nearly 15 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but has become one of the world’s most heavily deforested areas.

In this article, we describe how satellite imagery combined with Ursa’s analytics are used to monitor and track deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Just before the start of winter, Europe’s natural gas storage levels looked comfortably high. 

Still, a feeling of unease remains ever since Russia drastically cut gas pipeline flows last year in retaliation for economic sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow.

As we look ahead to 2023, it’s worth pausing for a moment to reflect on the last 12 months and highlight the steps we have made toward achieving our company goal of building a comprehensive, accessible suite of global monitoring products.

While it’s impossible to know what events will unfold next year, we know that having the ability to monitor certain areas of the world will help improve lives and the planet. 

Argentina’s thrilling victory over France on December 18 was instantly hailed as the most exciting FIFA World Cup Final ever played.

It won’t be easy for future tournaments to eclipse that level of excitement, or the price tag associated with organizing the 2022 edition.

Transforming /" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pixels to insights requires a robust catalog of satellite data. Otherwise, analytic results become limited.

At its core, sourcing that satellite data can be daunting without the proper training or vendor latency.

Strength in Numbers

At Ursa Space, /image-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our catalog is the foundation for creating custom analytics and derived insights.

In December 2021, China’s real estate market came to a sudden halt. In the run up, developers had been aggressively expanding their operations while also taking on massive amounts of debt.

Though the collapse was precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was exacerbated by reckless housing development.

On November 15, 2021, months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia performed an anti-satellite missile test (ASAT), destroying one of its own LEO (low-earth orbit) satellites, Cosmos 1408.