Unless you’re a first-time visitor to this website, you may have noticed that we recently unveiled a brand new look and feel to the Ursa Space brand.

The redesign was inspired by the decision to make our interfaces more elegant, but also to reinforce the role we play in the Earth Observation industry.

We want to make it easier for people to get their hands on promising satellite data, so they can quickly turn insights into action, helping to solve some of the most pressing problems facing the planet today.

A better solution leverages satellite imagery, specifically /blog/faq-what-is-sar/">synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a satellite-borne sensor that works in any weather conditions, day or night.

Our analysis below is based on SAR imagery, collected over parts of Louisiana where Hurricane ida struck a hard blow, allowing the viewer to see specific places in which flooding and damage occurred.

On July 18, two dams in China’s Inner Mongolia collapsed after heavy rains battered the region, sending torrents of water downriver, causing severe flooding across farmland and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

Ithaca, NY — July 27, 2021 — Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space) customers can now access BlackSky’s high quality 1-meter resolution electro-optical (EO) imagery, thanks to a new agreement between the two companies.

Ursa Space, a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service company, will make the EO imagery available on its /image-services">Image Services platform, offering an additional outlet for acquiring BlackSky products.

How can pipeline operators monitor construction activity taking place in close proximity to their infrastructure?

It's a daunting task when you consider the size of land that must be covered. Oil & gas pipelines cover thousands of miles, making it very difficult to monitor their flanking right-of-way corridors by simply walking or driving.

Even before the data was released, a downturn was apparent in China’s automotive industry. 

Ursa Space’s China Auto Manufacturing Index (AMI) began falling in late May, and continued dropping through June.

The China AMI recovered from coronavirus lockdowns in early 2020, and stabilized for the remainder of the year and into 2021. In May 2021, before the decline began, China’s AMI was slightly above the average levels for 2016 to present.

Ithaca, NY — July 1, 2021 — Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space), a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service company, is pleased to announce the latest satellite imagery acquisition agreement with SI Imaging Services (SIIS), the exclusive worldwide distributor of imagery from the KOMPSAT series of satellites.

ITHACA, NY — June  28, 2021 — Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space), a leading radar-as-a-service company, is excited to announce the appointment of Jim Tran as Vice President of Global Security and Sarah Tuneberg as Vice President of Solutions.

Both roles are newly created positions, underlying the significant growth taking place in 2021, as Ursa Space expands its leadership team to deliver more product offerings for commercial and government customers.

The S&P GSCI, a widely-followed barometer of commodity prices, the S&P GSCI Soybean index and the S&P GSCI Industrial Metals index.

With an eye on inflation, the Federal Reserve on June 16 moved forward the date for lifting interest rates from 2024 to as early as 2023.

Ursa Space Systems will use AWS Cloud solutions to achieve faster delivery of imagery and derived analytic products to customers.

Monitoring the world’s fleet of commercial vessels is as difficult as it is important. Tens of thousands of ships sailing the seas drive global trade, though keeping tabs on their whereabouts is a herculean task without an easy solution.

ITHACA, NY — June  4, 2021 — Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space), a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service company, today announces the appointment of Paul Graziani, chief executive officer and co-founder of AGI, as the newest member of its Board of Directors.