Satellite

Esri Releases Latest Land Cover Map with Updated Sentinel-2 Satellite Data

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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In the update, the Sentinel-2 10m Land Use/Land Cover Time Series includes new data from 2023, expanding the series to include global coverage from 2017-2023.

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  • In the update, the Sentinel-2 10m Land Use/Land Cover Time Series includes new data from 2023, expanding the series to include global coverage from 2017-2023.
  • Organizations around the world use updated land-cover maps to inform policy and land management decisions around issues like sustainable development.
  • Last year, Esri released the Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer, a dynamic, ready-to-use online application that allows anyone anywhere to easily observe change on these high-resolution global land cover maps.
  • To explore Esri’s updated land cover map online now, visit livingatlas.arcgis.com/landcoverexplorer .

Sysdig Launches AI Workload Security to Mitigate Active AI Risk

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Sysdig, the leader in cloud security powered by runtime insights, today announced the launch of AI Workload Security to identify and manage active risk associated with AI environments.

Key Points: 
  • Sysdig, the leader in cloud security powered by runtime insights, today announced the launch of AI Workload Security to identify and manage active risk associated with AI environments.
  • With AI Workload Security, organizations can understand their AI infrastructure and identify active risks such as workloads containing in-use AI packages that are publicly exposed and have exploitable vulnerabilities.
  • Sysdig also simplifies triage and reduces response times by fully integrating real-time AI Workload Security with the company’s unified risk findings feature, giving security teams a single view of all correlated risks and events to provide a more efficient workflow to prioritize, investigate, and remediate active AI risks.
  • By highlighting public exposure, exploitable vulnerabilities, and runtime events, Sysdig AI Workload Security also helps organizations across industries fix issues fast ahead of this imminent AI legislation.

StratEdge Takes High-Frequency Packaging Technology to New Heights at Upcoming Events

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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StratEdge will be exhibiting at Components for Military & Space Electronics Conference & Exhibition—CMSE , which will be held in Los Angeles, CA from May 1-2.

Key Points: 
  • StratEdge will be exhibiting at Components for Military & Space Electronics Conference & Exhibition—CMSE , which will be held in Los Angeles, CA from May 1-2.
  • StratEdge will be showcasing power amplifier packages at Space Tech Expo , which takes place from May 13-15, in Long Beach, CA, Booth 5027.
  • "StratEdge has been providing packages popular for their low-loss performance, heat dissipating properties, and high reliability for over 20 years," said Casey Krawiec, VP of global sales at StratEdge.
  • To learn more about StratEdge and its expanded production facilities, take a virtual tour at https://youtu.be/ewJuORN5vyQ , or contact [email protected] .

Rocket Lab Prepares Back-To-Back Launches For Climate Change Research Mission For NASA

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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The missions will be Rocket Lab’s 48th and 49th Electron launches overall and its sixth and seventh launches of 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The missions will be Rocket Lab’s 48th and 49th Electron launches overall and its sixth and seventh launches of 2024.
  • NASA’s PREFIRE mission is a climate change-focused mission that will systematically measure the heat, in the form of infrared and far-infrared wavelengths, lost from Earth’s polar regions for the first time.
  • These include the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon launched by Electron and deployed by a Rocket Lab Explorer spacecraft bus; two back-to-back Electron launches for the TROPICS mission in May 2023; the recent NASA Starling mission launched on Electron; and NASA’s ACS3 mission launched last month on a rideshare mission.
  • Founded in 2006, Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company with an established track record of mission success.

Spire Global Secures Multi-Million Dollar Deal with Financial Firm for Weather Forecasts

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has entered into a multi-million-dollar deal with a financial firm.

Key Points: 
  • Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has entered into a multi-million-dollar deal with a financial firm.
  • Through this deal, Spire will build off of its recent collaboration with NVIDIA to leverage Earth-2, NVIDIA’s platform for weather and climate change modeling, to train and run AI weather models.
  • These models are projected to increase the accuracy of weather forecasts and produce long-range probabilistic forecasts at unprecedented speeds.
  • Spire’s suite of Weather and Climate solutions, including its recently launched High–Resolution Weather Forecasts, DeepVision™, global weather forecasts, proprietary data sources like ocean winds and soil moisture, and additional atmospheric weather datasets, serves customers across various industries including energy, logistics, utilities, agriculture and more.

SES Q1 2024 Results

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Adjusted EBITDA of €275 million represented an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 55% (Q1 2023: 54%).

Key Points: 
  • Adjusted EBITDA of €275 million represented an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 55% (Q1 2023: 54%).
  • Adjusted EBITDA excludes significant special items of €6 million (Q1 2023: €13 million), comprising net U.S. C-band expenses of €1 million (Q1 2023: net expenses of €4 million) and expense of other significant special items of €5 million (Q1 2023: €9 million).
  • In January 2024, SES called and repaid the €550 million hybrid bond and expects to repay approximately €450 million of additional upcoming debt maturities.
  • For Full Year 2024, SES will move to a semi-annual distribution with an interim dividend of €0.25 per A-share (€0.10 per B-share) to be paid in October 2024 and final dividend, subject to shareholder approval, of at least €0.25 per A-share (€0.10 per B-share) to be paid in April 2025.

Ex Whoop CFO joins Fi Board of Directors

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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Fi , the pioneer in connected tech for dogs and dog parents, is delighted to welcome Tricia Gugler to its Board of Directors.

Key Points: 
  • Fi , the pioneer in connected tech for dogs and dog parents, is delighted to welcome Tricia Gugler to its Board of Directors.
  • Jonathan Bensamoun, founder and CEO of Fi, stated, "We are thrilled to have Tricia join our board.
  • With its data-driven behavioral insights, like personalized exercise and sleep recommendations, Fi is ushering in a new future of dog parenting.
  • Starting in 2019 with its innovative GPS smart collar, Fi has delivered unparalleled peace of mind while saving thousands of dogs’ lives.

BigBear.ai Achieves ‘Awardable’ Status on DoD’s Tradewinds Procurement Platform with 5 AI Solutions

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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The DoD’s Tradewinds program acts as a central hub to streamline the adoption of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • The DoD’s Tradewinds program acts as a central hub to streamline the adoption of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
  • This program serves as a uniquely efficient contracting vehicle, bridging the procurement gap between the DoD and industry partners like BigBear.ai.
  • With these solutions now available on the Tradewinds marketplace, they are considered post-competition, and DoD users are now able to satisfy standard competition requirements in government contracting.
  • BigBear.ai’s solutions now available on Tradewinds include:
    ConductorOS: BigBear.ai’s data and AI orchestration platform, ConductorOS operationalizes AI at the edge to accelerate decision-making for the operator, while supporting the integration of 3rd party AI/ML models.

Intelsat, CNH Smart Farming Satellite Connectivity Coming to Brazil

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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Intelsat FlexMove satellite network is giving end users the reliable connectivity needed to adopt connected equipment and to bring on the next great agricultural revolution.

Key Points: 
  • Intelsat FlexMove satellite network is giving end users the reliable connectivity needed to adopt connected equipment and to bring on the next great agricultural revolution.
  • “Satellite technology helps solve the complex connectivity challenges for hard-to-reach farms, but not all providers are equal.
  • Intelsat and CNH plan to introduce the solution in Brazil in the third quarter of the year.
  • New satellite capacity and teleport: Two satellites positioned over Brazil and Latin America, provide reliable connectivity.

SES to Acquire Intelsat in Compelling Transaction Focused on the Future

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l.

Key Points: 
  • SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l.
  • PJT Partners served as financial advisor to Intelsat and rendered a fairness opinion to the Intelsat S.A. Board of Directors.
  • The financial information presented for SES and Intelsat does not apply a consistent set of accounting policies.
  • Pro forma financial information are aggregations of the corresponding SES and Intelsat financial information, adjusted for the elimination of material intra-group transactions.