EO
Stories about the Earth Observation industry’s eyes on our planet.
Recapping Planet’s Q1 With CFO and President Ashley Johnson
“That’s one of the ways that I think we’re differentiated from companies that are going to have much more binary outcomes,” she said. “If you’re selling hardware, you recognize revenue when you’ve delivered that hardware. If it fails, that’s the end of the story.”
Bellatrix Aerospace Tapped to Build Korean VLEO Demo Sat
Bellatrix Aerospace is teaming up with Korean optical payload manufacturer TelePIX on a new VLEO demo satellite, launching NET 2028.
Satellogic Lands $18M+ Defense-Monitoring Contract
The contract marks the company’s first large agreement since it made that strategic shift to persistent-monitoring capabilities.
ESA Approves Two Scout Science Missions
Europe is on a mission to prove that groundbreaking science can be done on the cheap.
SOCOM Taps SkyFi to Build Tactical EO Imagery Tools
SkyFi will develop an early prototype of a new sovereign intelligence platform, aimed at giving troops quicker and easier access to geospatial imagery.
HawkEye 360 Raises $416M in IPO
The VA-based company priced its 16M shares at $26 per share—at the top of the $24-$26 range shared in the company’s S-1 filing on May 1.
LiveEO Raises €28M+ to Fund its First Constellation
The German company will use the funds to scale its business, launch its own satellite constellation, and build the tech to meet the growing demand for EO data.
CATALYST Unveils its Sat Product for City Skylines
“Now we can show a construction firm what was already moving before they broke ground, an insurer the risk they were underwriting blind, and a city authority the consequences of densification they had approved but were not monitoring,” PCI Geomatics CEO June McAlarey said in a statement.
Hawkeye 360 Files For IPO
The space-based RF data and analytics firm is the latest in a string of defense-focused space companies seeking to go public, opening access to more capital as the industry grows.
Vantor Unveils New Sat Classes: Vantage and Pulse
Vantor introduced two new satellite classes today that will aim to improve on the company’s imagery resolution and revisit rate.
The State of EO 2026
Everyone wants their own eyes in space—and the EO industry is benefiting from it.
ICEYE Smashes Its Own Revenue Projections
ICEYE’s results reveal a massively successful year for a business in the right place at the right time.
