https://spacewatch.global/tag/maritime-safety/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +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-safety/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/iridium-launches-global-maritime-distress-and-safety-service/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29095&preview=true&preview_id=29095 https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spire-maritime-announces-revenue-growth-and-expansion-into-asia/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21768 Spire Global, a global data service provider and leader AIS data solutions and weather forecasting, announced today the year-over-year results for its maritime business unit. Spire Maritime expanded into Asia and celebrated a four-fold increase in bookings in 2019. It continued to build on its successes after launching in January 2019 offering its first weather […]]]> 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/2020/03/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/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/2020/01/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/frances-sigfox-and-plastimo-partner-to-provide-satellite-iot-maritime-geolocation/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18059 Plastimo, a major international player in the boating industry, and Sigfox, the world's leading IoT service provider and first global 0G network operator, have joined forces to offer total geolocation coverage across all oceans from 2020. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/luxembourgs-kleos-space-scouting-mission-1-to-launch-on-isro-pslv-in-december-2019/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16590 Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, has received confirmation that the Kleos Scouting Mission-1 will launch on an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Chennai, India, in December 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/spire-global-launches-airsafe-an-aircraft-tracking-technology-that-uses-ads-b/ Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16461 https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/spire-global-raises-over-40-million-to-increase-weather-data-service-and-expand-to-asia-pacific/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 05:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16205 Spire Global, the world's largest earth observation constellation of satellites for advanced weather data, maritime analytics, and aircraft tracking, has announced over U.S.$40m in new funding]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/kleos-space-and-spire-global-collaborate-on-safety-at-sea/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 05:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15562 Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, advises that it will collaborate with Spire Global, one of the world's largest space to cloud analytics companies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/airbus-selects-exactearth-as-ais-partner-for-new-maritime-applications-platform/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15437 exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services, announces that it has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space ("Airbus") as AIS partner to support its Ocean Finder maritime service.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/kleos-space-announces-luxembourg-government-support-signing-of-pre-orders/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14771 Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), has announced that the Luxembourg Space Agency has approved an additional €1,000,000 (AUS$1,631,900; U.S.$1,138,395) financial grant (non-equity) support for data product development. The company also announced a number of pre-orders.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/denmarks-gomspace-to-build-second-generation-spacecraft-for-unseenlabs-sas/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14743 GomSpace A/S has been selected by UnseenLabs SAS to develop and deliver their second-generation space system. The collaboration will result in further enhancement of the capabilities to provide disruptive spectrum monitoring services from space, featuring unique hardware and software.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/canadas-exactearth-and-uks-marinetraffic-enter-into-channel-partner-agreement/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14624 exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services, and MarineTraffic, a leading global provider of ship tracking and maritime intelligence, announce that they have entered into a three-year channel partner agreement. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/arianespace-tapped-by-exactearth-to-launch-esail-satellite/ Tue, 14 May 2019 05:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14078 Arianespace reports it has been selected by exactEarth to launch the ESAIL satellite using a Vega as part of the launcher's Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof of Concept (POC) flight. It is the final contract signed by Arianespace for this POC flight, which is now completely booked with 42 payloads onboard.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/swedens-aac-microtec-to-deliver-enhanced-ais-data-exclusively-to-orbcomm/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13738 ÅAC Microtec AB's subsidiary, Clyde Space, announced on 9 April 2019 that it has partnered with ORBCOMM Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, to provide two next-generation Automatic Identification System (AIS) microsatellites that will enhance ORBCOMM's industry-leading satellite AIS service offering.]]>