The fate of one of the world’s most treasured cities hinges on the performance of a mega-project scheduled to be fully operational later this year.

A system of flood barriers, located at three inlets that separate the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea, is  designed to hold back the rising water and prevent Venice from being consumed by the sea.

ITHACA, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 28, 2022 - Ursa Space Systems, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure provider, has announced today that Kleos Space (ASX: KSS), a space-powered defense & intelligence technology company, will join its Virtual Constellation, the world’s largest database of satellite imagery from the most trusted SAR, optical, and RF data vendors around the globe.

A spy balloon’s recent trip across the United States raised lots of questions for ordinary Americans, most of whom don’t pay much attention to China’s military intentions or surveillance operations.

For the US national security establishment, however, the spy balloon was the latest incident involving increased tension between Washington and Beijing.

ITHACA, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 9, 2023 - Ursa Space Systems, a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service provider, has announced the release of a Python toolbox for satellite analytic and data ordering within Esri ArcGIS Pro, a full-featured professional desktop GIS application.

John Severance, host of the New Space Podcast, spoke recently with Ursa Space's Eric Cote, Director of Data and Analytics Services.

In the episode, John and Eric discuss the role that Ursa plays bringing commercial imagery from multiple providers under a single roof and using these resources to create analytics that solve customer problems.

As Southern California battles relentless drought, an onslaught of winter rains have brought forth a new problem. The region experienced its wettest day on record as almost a foot of rain fell between January 8th and January 9th.

Oil prices rose last week after the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted China’s oil demand would increase sharply in 2023, following the lifting of COVID restrictions, while Russia’s oil supply would decline under the weight of Western sanctions. 

Southeast Asia holds nearly 15 percent of the world’s tropical forests, but has become one of the world’s most heavily deforested areas.

In this article, we describe how satellite imagery combined with Ursa’s analytics are used to monitor and track deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

How do you monitor key areas of the world to stay ahead of the events and topics shaping the planet?

What if your area of interest spans hundreds of miles, and requires detections on key indicators of change?

The starting point is satellite imagery, but imagery alone isn’t the answer. The size of the task is too large. A proper solution utilizes an automated approach to collect & analyze imagery, and deliver insights to a customer in a cost-effective method.