On December 11, Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic, Inc. announced a tasking, data licensing and distribution agreement that enhances Maxar’s ability to deliver monitoring and change detection insights in near real-time for the U.S. government and the government’s partners around the world.
Specifically, the agreement grants Maxar exclusive rights to task Satellogic’s high-revisit constellation and use its cost-effective satellite imagery to support national security missions for the U.S. government and select U.S. partners internationally.
Pairing Satellogic’s high frequency revisit rates with Maxar’s very-high resolution satellite imaging capabilities and AI-powered technologies creates a differentiated offering in the market. Maxar can task Satellogic imagery and apply machine learning models to simultaneously monitor activity and detect change over multiple geographies. When it is time to better understand that activity or change, Maxar can collect a 30 cm-class image to get a more detailed and precise view. This agreement unlocks new opportunities to deliver Earth observation data by achieving a balance between cost, resolution, and revisit frequency.
“This agreement with Maxar is a watershed moment in Earth observation, providing crucial capacity to warfighters and allies,” said Matt Tirman, president of Satellogic. “Combining our constellation with Maxar’s expertise enables comprehensive monitoring and analytics to meet the demand for actionable intelligence. Access to Maxar’s distribution platform expands our reach and delivers our data to more customers.”
This partnership will further enhance Maxar’s virtual constellation capability, which brings together complementary sensors to create a seamless collection, delivery and analysis workflow for users.
“In today’s dynamic environment, warfighters and intelligence analysts need to be able to detect and understand change over many areas of interest simultaneously,” said Peter Wilczynski, chief product officer at Maxar Intelligence. “To achieve this more ambitious mission, customers need access to more than one constellation—tipping and cueing between sensors to balance between cost, revisit and resolution is essential. Adding Satellogic into our virtual constellation allows us to deliver timely mission-critical insights to our U.S. and international government customers at even greater scale, giving them a strategic advantage.”
Source: Maxar
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By Loren Blinde
December 12, 2024
