https://spacewatch.global/tag/maritime-domain-awareness/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sun, 27 Sep 2026 02:23:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/maritime-domain-awareness/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/spacewatchgl-gray-space-cosco-spy-ships-how-space-can-help-until-the-west-weans-itself-off-maritime-dependency/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78251
Written by Christophe Bosquillon
US allegations that COSCO vessels have supported Chinese intelligence collection expose a difficult Western dependency. Christophe Bosquillon examines how space-based maritime domain awareness could help manage the security risk without disrupting critical global supply chains.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/marble-imaging-pushes-into-asia-with-taiwan-mou-and-japan-eo-partnership/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:15:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74372 German Earth observation start-up Marble Imaging is expanding into the Indo-Pacific, signing an MoU with Taiwan's National Taiwan Ocean University and opening a new chapter in Japan alongside Japan Space Imaging (JSI) — positioning its rapid-revisit, very high-resolution constellation for the region's maritime security and dual-use demand.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/synmax-bets-on-agentic-ai-to-move-from-data-vendor-to-intelligence-company/ Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73920 SynMax founder Eric Anderson outlines the Houston startup's evolution from natural gas analytics to maritime intelligence - and why he believes agentic AI, not chat interfaces, will drive its leap from data vendor to full-spectrum intelligence company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/agos-mcmullan-warns-geoint-agencies-face-existential-test-of-pace-and-relevance/ Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73922 At GEOINT 2026 in Aurora, Colorado, Kathryn McMullan, Director of the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, warned that GEOINT agencies face an existential test of pace and relevance. Her keynote set out Australia's strategic paradox, an unsolved maritime domain awareness scale problem, and a partnership architecture extending from Five Eyes through AUKUS, the Quad and a deepening relationship with Japan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/planet-on-the-road-2025-satellites-vs-illegal-fishing-with-eric-anderson/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68025 In this exclusive Space Café Clip from Planet On The Road Berlin, Torsten Kriening meets Eric Anderson, co-founder of SynMax, to explore how satellite data is revolutionizing maritime domain awareness (MDA).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/unseenlabs-will-launch-its-9th-satellite/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47574 Unseenlabs, a French radio frequency (RF) data and solutions provider for Maritime Domain Awareness, has announced today the coming launch of BRO-9. This will be the ninth satellite for its constellation dedicated to the geolocation of all the vessels at sea. BRO-9 will be launched in April 2023 as part of the Transporter-7 Mission aboard SpaceX’s launcher Falcon 9 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-column-dynamic-data-analysis-making-knowledge-and-understanding-out-of-data-and-information/ Fri, 15 May 2020 09:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22515 Recently CLS posted a nine slide brief on LinkedIn describing on how its Maritime Awareness System (MAS) software tool is helping maritime authorities all over the world understand what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz, which is a vitally important waterway because 40% of the world’s oil is shipped through it.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spire-and-vesselbot-announce-strategic-alliance-to-develop-maritime-ai-enabled-digital-products/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21706 Spire Global, a global data service provider and leader in AIS data solutions and weather forecasting, and VesselBot, a leading AI and Big Data technology company with deep shipping domain expertise, announced a new partnership to co-develop AI-enabled digital products for the maritime industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatch-gl-column-guy-thomas/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21489 By Guy Thomas As all my friends know, I recently received permission to publish my autobiography after a 19-month long review by NSA, FBI, CIA, USAF, USN, USCG and the National Security Council (NSC).  Yes, I had worked for or with all those agencies. But other than the USCG and the NSC, it was all […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/chinas-long-march-2c-rocket-launches-military-surveillance-satellites-into-orbit/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20973 China successfully launched three national security satellites on board a Long March 2C satellite launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on 24 March 2020, according to Chinese news media sources. The Long March 2C launched the sixth group of three Yaogan-30 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) satellites from Xichang in China’s Sichuan province […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatchgl-column-space-based-global-maritime-awareness-is-a-house/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20663 As space-based Global Maritime Awareness has become more and more robust, I have come to think of it as a house, even my home. The latest addition to this house, provided by the new Radio Frequency Geolocation satellites, have finally made this house truly livable.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/kleos-finalises-launch-preparations-at-launch-site/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20660 Kleos Space S.A, a space-powered radio frequency reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, advised on 12 March 2020 that the mission team will be travelling to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Chennai, India from 18 March to carry out the final preparation steps prior to launch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatchgl-on-the-road-a-report-on-the-5th-annual-conference-on-maritime-reconnaissance-surveillance-technology-5-6-february-2020-rome-italy/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 09:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20298 This conference was groundbreaking in one important area: it acknowledged the increased significance of space to the understanding of maritime reconnaissance and surveillance technology]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/dgi-2020-report/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19098&preview=true&preview_id=19098 The annual Defence Geospatial Intelligence (DGI) 2020 conference is now history. Every attendee I spoke with, and that was most of them, seemed to agree it was one of the best in the last 10 years. I concur, and I have been to most of them.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/kleos-space-ships-four-satellites-to-india-for-11-february-2020-launch/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19062 Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall was in Athens for the France-Greece space industry day organized by CNES, the French Embassy in Greece, and the Greek authorities, on 31 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/kleos-and-geollect-sign-channel-partner-and-integrator-agreement/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18733 Kleos Space S.A, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, has entered into a channel partner and data integrator agreement with UK geospatial intelligence and analysis company Geollect.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/iceye-dark-vessel-detection-now-globally-available-for-government-organisations/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18725 ICEYE announced on 20 January 2020 the launch of its global Dark Vessel Detection solution for governmental maritime security customers. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/spains-hisdesat-partners-with-exactearth-to-provide-domain-awareness-data-to-european-maritime-safety-agency/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18640 exactEarth Ltd. and Hisdesat have announced that in partnership they have been selected by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to provide satellite-AIS data services for a four-year period.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/indian-navy-taps-canadas-exactearth-for-satellite-based-ais-services/ Thu, 26 Dec 2019 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18067 exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of satellite-AIS data services, has announced that it has renewed its contract with Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to provide satellite-AIS data services to the Indian Navy.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/denmark-proposes-space-based-maritime-domain-awareness-for-the-arctic/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17488 The Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, has said that Denmark intends to strengthen its surveillance capabilities over the Arctic Sea and airspace - to include space-based Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) - in response to Russia’s growing and expanded presence there.]]>