an Ursa Space, March Madness-inspired event to spotlight the array of real world problems that can be solved using synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

The winner was… Illegal Fishing Monitoring. This use case dominated a tough field, beating out Sanctions Enforcement, Deforestation and Flood Mapping. Check out the bracket below.

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Just as the global auto industry is beginning to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, another crisis involving a shortage of semiconductor chips has surfaced in early 2021, raising concerns about the sector’s productivity.

How badly will car makers fare? For how long? Which companies will suffer the most?

ITHACA, NY — February  26, 2021 — Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space), a leading radar-as-a-service company, today announces the appointment of Nicole Robinson as its President. With support and direction from this new leadership role, Ursa Space plans to expand its product offerings for both commercial and government customers.

The diversity of SAR applications means the list of use cases is quite extensive. There might even be examples you’re not familiar with yet.

Through our previous work, we demonstrated how SAR can provide ground-truth information–across a range of fields–not available elsewhere.

But those cases just scratched the surface. Let’s take another look at this topic, inspired by March Madness, an annual rite of passage familiar to our US audience.

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On January 24, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying 143 small satellites, a record for a single launch, and the company’s first dedicated “rideshare” mission.

The same mission deployed six synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, marking another milestone in the growth of the SAR industry.