https://spacewatch.global/tag/ais/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:44:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ais/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/spire-global-completes-sale-of-maritime-business/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66581 Spire Global, Inc, a provider of space-based analytics, data, and space services, has completed the previously announced sale of its maritime business to Kpler.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/sidus-space-receives-noaa-license-ahead-lizziesat-launch/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 07:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53072 Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company, has announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted it a Tier 1 remote sensing license to include Panchromatic (PAN) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) imaging capabilities. This approval includes Sidus’ upcoming LizzieSat scheduled for launch in March 2024, as well as subsequent LizzieSat satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/space-norway-to-build-radar-satellite-system-for-maritime-surveillance/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42973 Strategic space infrastructure developer Space Norway, has signed contracts with Surrey Satellite Technology and Oxford Space Systems, to build a radar satellite system, MicroSAR, optimized for maritime surveillance, capable of detecting relatively small vessels in a very large area, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/kongsberg-defence-aerospace-orders-satellites-from-nanoavionics/ Thu, 19 May 2022 07:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41025 Norwegian Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has placed an order for three microsatellites with Lithuanian mission integrator NanoAvionics for a space-based maritime surveillance mission covering the North Sea area, Kongsberg said. The satellites will be based on NanoAvionics’s MP42 microsatellite bus.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/spacewatchgl-opinion-my-2020-in-a-review-by-guy-thomas/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29019&preview=true&preview_id=29019