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SatNews's MILSAT 2024, "Optimized Creation of DoD Compliant Satellite Systems" Panel discussed topics like adopting first principles, rapid iteration, and mission-ready solutions; the following panelists offered essential insights for today’s evolving landscape: • David Langan, CEO of Umbra • Jonny Dyer, CEO of Muon Space • Janna Lewis, Senior Vice President of Policy & General Counsel of Astroscale • Johann Bradley, Technical Consultant of Brainstorm Technologies • Debra Facktor, Head of Airbus U.S. Space Systems of Airbus US Space & Defense, Inc. • Maj. Gen. Steve Butow, Space Portfolio Director of Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) • Col Nathan Iven, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of United States Space Force Umbra is excited to continue the conversation at SpacePower 2024 in December!

Houston, Texas, USA Resolution: 25cm | Number of Looks: 5 Collect Date: October 30th, 2024 Now available to download from the Umbra Open Data Program.

Recently, ICEYE released their first 25cm image, which is a big milestone that Thomas Ager correctly predicted the whole SAR market would inevitably converge on. Well...now it's finally happening! Competition has been great for this industry, which has seemingly gone through a major evolution every year for the last five years. Below are two sample images to welcome ICEYE to the 1,200MHz club, both of the same location they released earlier this week. One is a 25cm image and the other is a 16cm image. Both required close to our full 1,200MHz allocation. For the first time ever, you can finally compare the quality of two systems capable of 25cm or better resolution. I think that's a major step forward for the SAR industry, and a preview of what the rest of the decade will look like. Unfortunately, I can’t show ICEYE’s image next to ours to make that comparison simple, because that's prohibited under the terms of their end user license. If you want to compare our data side by side, you can visit their website, give them your contact information, and confirm you've read their licensing terms before downloading the one image they've released so far. I'd recommend reading the license closely as there are many, many ways you can accidentally get yourself in trouble. In the meantime, you can download these two images along with 52 TBs of free and open sample data from our open data portal. We provide all of our data under an open license (CC BY 4.0). No forms to fill out, no email ransom, no strings attached: https://lnkd.in/g8h4eWnB

Announcing the EO panel for the Payload Space Investor Summit: - Ally Warson, Partner UP.Partners - Frank Backes, CEO Capella Space - Topher Haddad, CEO Albedo - Gabe Dominocielo, Co-Founder Umbra

UMBRA SDA CONTRACT (ADD'L INFO): Umbra has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Space Development Agency to integrate our optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology into SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Under this contract, Umbra will perform integration and testing of an Umbra-compatible OISL with a government furnished testbed, and update flight and ground software to support planning and executing data delivery to orbiting networks such as the SDA Transport Layer. https://lnkd.in/gGEdsruv

Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Türkiye Resolution: 25cm | Number of Looks: 8 Collect Date: October 13th, 2024

I'm excited to share our recent SDA award (https://lnkd.in/gTD3KpR3). Incredible developments are underway at Umbra Mission Solutions, and I am honored to be a part of the exceptional team driving these initiatives forward. Together, we are poised for success!

With some unexpected free time, I decided to explore how an LLM-powered assistant could streamline a simple geospatial workflow. My goal was to have the AI write the code based on my instructions, rather than just helping me write cleaner code. I chose open-water ship detection with high-resolution SAR data as my test case. This is not a hard problem to solve, but one that can present unique challenges. Previously, I had developed a vessel detector using Haar wavelets, which took a few days. This time, using Claude 3.5 Sonnet by Anthropic for code generation and Umbra open data, I achieved positive results: In under 2 hours, I had a functioning script that could: - Detect ships using DB2 or Haar wavelets - Calculate bounding ellipses for the ships - Determine width, height, and orientation of detected vessels - Display results on an image While the results aren't perfect (some ships were split into two), I'm impressed by how quickly I obtained a working script ready for fine-tuning. The busy work was done and the fun work remained. Of course, this was a pretty easy test, but this experiment reinforces my belief in the potential of AI tools to revolutionize the geospatial market. I look forward to a future where tools like Claude, combined with extensive open data archives, can handle the initial 90% of the work, allowing us to focus on the engaging final 10%. Umbra open data: https://lnkd.in/gsGDBKcs #GeospatialAI #MachineLearning #RemoteSensing #AI #DataScience

Welcome Home SBX-1 (Sea-Based X-Band Radar)! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Thanks to tips from the amazing twitter #OSINT community, we used Umbra SAR to capture and confirm the return of the SBX-1 to its usual berth as of 17 Oct 2024 07:18 Z at coordinates 21.37152, -157.95963. Captured with Umbra's 35cm 5 Multilook SAR data, which we processed into a BoxMica Prism (colorized sub-aperture image).

Mitigating the Impact of Flooding with Umbra's SAR Data: The recent flooding in Kedah has had devastating consequences for local agriculture, with nearly 6,000 hectares of paddy fields submerged and thousands of farmers affected. At Umbra, we understand the critical role of rapid response and accurate data in managing these crises. Using our high-resolution SAR data, combined with optical satellite imagery, we're able to provide near real-time insights, even in challenging weather conditions or cloud cover. This is essential for mapping flood extent, assessing infrastructure damage, and supporting the recovery process. In flood-stricken areas like Kampung Banggol, our SAR data has revealed: - Submerged roads, cutting off vital access routes and complicating rescue efforts. - Extensive flooding across paddy fields, threatening the country's rice supply. - Plantations heavily impacted, adding to agricultural losses. SAR data is not only invaluable for crisis response but also for streamlining the insurance claims process by delivering precise and timely damage assessments. Our technology provides critical insights to help farmers and local authorities recover and rebuild faster. As we continue to expand the potential of SAR for real-time monitoring, Umbra remains committed to supporting communities in building resilience against future disasters. Together, we can strengthen agricultural planning and enhance flood preparedness. #SAR #FloodMonitoring #AgricultureResilience #GeospatialData #Umbra