Satellogic is a company specializing in

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s, founded in 2010 by Emiliano Kargieman and Gerardo Richarte. Satellogic began launching their Aleph-1 constellation of ÑuSat satellites in May 2016. On 19 December 2019, Satellogic announced they have received US$50 million in funding in the latest funding round. In January 2022 the company went public with a

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(CF Acquisition Corp. V) merger. Satellogic is a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq exchange.

History

In the summer of 2010, after spending some time at the

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, Emiliano Kargieman started developing the concepts that would become Satellogic. He realized there was a great opportunity: to bring to the satellite services industry many of the lessons learned during the last two decades of working with

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

, and build a platform that provides spatial information services, without major investments in infrastructure. Together with his friend and colleague, Gerardo Richarte, they started Satellogic. Since 2010, the company has grown from a small start-up to a multinational company that has customers around the globe. Satellogic made

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's first two nanosatelites, CubeBug-1 (nickname El Capitán Beto, COSPAR 2013-018D, launched 26 April 2013 on a

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launch vehicle A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket designed to carry a payload (spacecraft or satellites) from the Earth's surface to outer space. Most launch vehicles operate from a launch pad, launch pads, supported by a missile launch contro ...

) and CubeBug-2 (nickname Manolito, also known as LUSAT-OSCAR 74 or LO 74, COSPAR 2013-066AA, launched 21 November 2013 on a

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launch vehicle). Their third satellite, BugSat 1 (nickname Tita), launched in June 2014. Both the CubeBug-1 and CubeBug-2 as well as the BugSat 1 satellite served as technology tests and demonstrations for the

ÑuSat ÑuSat satellite series ( es, ÑuSat, sometimes translated into English as NewSat), is a series of Argentinean commercial Earth observation satellites. They form the Aleph-1 constellation, which is designed, built and operated by Satellogic. ...

satellites. They also had amateur radio payloads. The CubeBug project was sponsored by Argentinian Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. Satellogic began launching their Aleph-1 constellation of

satellites in May 2016. On 19 December 2019, Satellogic announced they have received US$50 million in funding in the latest funding round. In January 2022 the company went public with a

(CF Acquisition Corp. V) merger.

Technology

Satellogic is building a 200+

satellite constellation A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent global or near-global coverage, such that at any time everywhere on Earth at least one sa ...

as a scalable

Earth observation Earth observation (EO) is the gathering of information about the physical, chemical, and biological systems of the planet Earth. It can be performed via remote-sensing technologies (Earth observation satellites) or through direct-contact sensors ...

platform with the ability to weekly remap the entire planet at high resolution to provide affordable geospatial insights for daily decision making. Satellogic created a small, light, and inexpensive system that can be produced at scale. Each commercial satellite carries two payloads – one for high resolution

multispectral imaging Multispectral imaging captures image data within specific wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum. The wavelengths may be separated by filters or detected with the use of instruments that are sensitive to particular wavelengths, ...

and another one for a

hyperspectral Hyperspectral imaging collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum. The goal of hyperspectral imaging is to obtain the spectrum for each pixel in the image of a scene, with the purpose of finding objects, identifyi ...

camera of 30 m GSD and 150 km swath (at a 470 km altitude).

Satellite specifications

Satellogic's satellites are built to the following specifications:

Products and services

Dedicated satellite constellations

Satellogic's markets "Dedicated

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" (DSC) as an opportunity for customers to develop a national geospatial imaging program at unmatched frequency, resolution and cost. This program is aimed at municipal, state and national governments eager to gain exclusive control of a fleet of satellites over an area of interest. It can be used to support key decisions, to manage policy impact, to measure investment and socio-economic progress and to serve as an open environment to foster collaboration, data and information sharing. DSC's satellites are registered and flagged by the operating entity. With complete control of the satellites over the designated area of interest, the operator will directly task the satellite from its own

ground station A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves fro ...

, allowing frequent remapping and the ability to revisit specific points of interest several times per day. Total control of imagery download and private cloud archiving guarantee prompt and secure data management by an operator's own team. In 2019. Satellogic signed its first agreement to deliver a dedicated satellite constellation for exclusive geospatial analytics in

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. DSC has been nominated for ''Via Satellites "2019 Satellite Technology of the Year" Award.

Data services

Satellogic offers 1-meter resolution

and 30-meter resolution

satellite imagery.

Geospatial analytics

Satellogic's data science and AI team convert images into layers available as data-services in its online platform, including object identification, classification, semantic change detection and predictive models within a broad range of industries including

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

energy In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat a ...

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

and

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, as well as applications for the civilian area of governments, such as

cartography Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...

environmental monitoring Environmental monitoring describes the processes and activities that need to take place to characterize and monitor the quality of the environment. Environmental monitoring is used in the preparation of environmental impact assessments, as well a ...

and critical

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

, among others.

Offices

Satellogic's R&D facilities are located in

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and

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. The AIT facility is located in

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. The data-technology center in

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; a product-development center in

Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

; a finance office in Charlotte, United States, and there are business development centers in

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, and

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Satellite launches

, Satellogic has launched 34 satellites from the US (with SpaceX),

and

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and

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. While the first three spacecraft were early

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s, the following 31 satellites correspond to four consecutive iterations and incremental versions of Satellogic's

design (Mark I to Mark V). ^* Since 2018, Satellogic has a tradition of naming their spacecraft after important women scientists. * Ada and Maryam were named for mathematicians

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and

Maryam Mirzakhani Maryam Mirzakhani ( fa, مریم میرزاخانی, ; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ...

. * Sophie and Marie were named in honor of

Sophie Germain Marie-Sophie Germain (; 1 April 1776 – 27 June 1831) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by society, she gained education from books in her father's lib ...

, the mathematician and physicist, and

Marie Curie Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first ...

, the physicist and chemist. *

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was named after the philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria and was a symbol of learning and science. On 19 January 2021, it was announced that SpaceX would become their preferred rideshare vendor, the first due in June 2021. In May 2022, a new MLA with SpaceX was announced, a multi-launch agreement for the next ~60 satellites.

Mission patches

References

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