{"id":55681,"date":"2022-03-29T00:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/geoint-satellite-operators-look-toward-an-increasingly-commercial-future\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T00:46:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:46:59","slug":"geoint-satellite-operators-look-toward-an-increasingly-commercial-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/geoint-satellite-operators-look-toward-an-increasingly-commercial-future\/","title":{"rendered":"GEOINT Satellite Operators Look Toward an Increasingly Commercial Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, only the government had the means and experience to handle geospatial data, particularly for defense and intelligence purposes. But the pendulum is swinging toward an exponential growth in commercial applications, and providers are eager to demonstrate just how versatile their products can be. <\/p>\n<p>While observers see a future where geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) providers can exclusively service sectors like oil and gas, pollution monitoring, and the financial and insurance markets, the defense and intelligence (D&amp;I) community is still expected to anchor these companies\u2019 portfolios for several years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PMeR9RJ1Tk6r38DxQ4eU_VS_040122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PMeR9RJ1Tk6r38DxQ4eU_VS_040122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PMeR9RJ1Tk6r38DxQ4eU_VS_040122_DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PMeR9RJ1Tk6r38DxQ4eU_VS_040122_DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PMeR9RJ1Tk6r38DxQ4eU_VS_040122_DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the April 2022 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Satellite operators capturing GEOINT data via radio frequency (RF), synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multispectral to hyperspectral imagery see a multibillion-dollar commercial market on the horizon. Those players are developing their own analytics and insights shops, and doing their part to push market rates down to capture that future investment. <\/p>\n<p>From crop moisture and commodities tracking, to natural and man-made disaster assessments, to illegal trafficking monitoring, the commercial applications for geospatial data seem endless. But government contracts, particularly in the D&amp;I sphere, still dwarf commercial contracts in dollar amounts. That being said, the volume of commercial contracts is edging out the defense, intelligence, and civil contracts, says Orbital Sidekick CEO Daniel Katz. <\/p>\n<p>The hyperspectral data provider launched its Aurora sensor as a technology demonstrator in 2021, and has plans to launch six satellites in 2022 to kickstart its Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) constellation. The goal is to launch 14 total GHOSt satellites by 2024. The company has eyes on sectors like energy, mining, and oil and gas, and Katz says he\u2019s keen to develop a fire monitoring tool that could use hyperspectral imaging to classify vegetation, soil moisture, or carbon mass.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68361827151;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68361827151 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68361827152').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68361827152'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But for now, the Defense Department remains Orbital Sidekick\u2019s highest paying customer. Exponential growth for commercially applied remote sensing data is still a couple of years away, Katz says, adding, \u201cNo one in Earth observation has completely cracked the code for commercial, in a way that commercial is completely outstripping everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>D&amp;I customers will still anchor the Earth observation (EO) portfolio for some time to come, says Shivaprakash Muruganandham, a consultant for NSR. The government is a reliable customer that pays its bills on time, and remote sensing providers are going to get initial funding and long-term contracts from the government. \u201cThat will allow [them] to launch and begin operations in the next few years, and keep within the timelines that many of these companies promise,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>Argentine imagery provider Satellogic set up a U.S.-based subsidiary in 2021 to capture \u201cthe largest geospatial and Earth observation market, which is the U.S. government,\u201d says Matt Tirman, Satellogic head of North America. That won\u2019t change for at least the next year and a half, he forecasts. <\/p>\n<p>Having D&amp;I contracts also helps data providers develop legitimacy, notes Peter Round, chairman and executive director of RF data provider Kleos Space. The Luxembourg-based company has eight satellites in orbit, and plans to double that number across two launches scheduled in 2022. Currently, about 60 percent of their customers are in the defense market, Round says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving your product used by defense customers in the U.S., France, Germany, U.K., etc, brings an element of respectability, reliability, and trustworthiness to your product,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"flex flex-col justify-center items-center w-full image-block px-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" class=\"w-full object-cover mx-auto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vB22wNgbTM6Fzh5zzBje_Vignette_-_Ivankiv_Russian_convoy_02282022_1358hrs_local.png\"><figcaption class=\"p-3 bg-gray-300 bg-opacity-50 italic mx-auto w-full\">A BlackSky satellite image collected over Ivankiv, Ukraine on Feb. 28. A Russian military convoy passes through scorched countryside northwest of Kyiv. Photo: BlackSky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>An Ever-Expanding Commercial Market<\/h3>\n<p>The commercial GEOINT market has been fomenting for several years, says Amy Minnick, chief commercial officer at BlackSky, a global monitoring company with 12 satellites on orbit and four expected to launch in 2022. That\u2019s thanks to greater incremental capacity on orbit, and more intuitive systems that let customers buy data products with the touch of a button.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commercial segments are used to an ordering experience that looks like Amazon,\u201d she says. In addition to BlackSky\u2019s constellation, its Spectra AI interface integrates multiple types of data from varied sources for its subscribers, and was built to be intuitive and mobile-friendly. \u201cThose things will start to unlock the ability for commercial segments to use and to gain insights from what we can do,\u201d Minnick notes.<\/p>\n<p>Data providers are betting that an in-house analytics branch, or strategic partnerships with existing insight companies, will help commercial customers better interpret the raw data their sensors are gathering from space. <\/p>\n<p>Most of Orbital Sidekick\u2019s recent hiring efforts have gone into analytics and software development, to ensure \u201cwe can deliver a product that is based on insights, as opposed to just selling pixels,\u201d says Katz.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68361827837;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68361827837 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68361827838').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68361827838'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But other operators want to keep out of the data insights game. Umbra\u2019s SAR microsatellites deliver sub-meter resolution imagery to existing analytics providers. Umbra Chief Strategy Officer Gabe Dominocielo says he doesn\u2019t want to compete with his own customers who are downstream providers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want our customers to do well, [and] to make a lot of money, and the best way to do that is to not compete with them,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>Satellite operators see a nearly endless list of potential commercial applications for geospatial data. BlackSky\u2019s monitoring and analytic capabilities are ideal for customers involved in the global supply chain, such as shippers, commodity providers, and trade monitors, says Minnick. The rapid revisit constellation feeding the automated tip-and-cue features built into BlackSky\u2019s event monitoring system can allow customers to quickly see the effects of natural and man-made disasters in a given area. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple players cited huge prospects for the non-governmental organization market, particularly to help with pollution or illegal trafficking. \u201cBut they\u2019re not going to sustain new space launches\u201d yet, Kleos\u2019 Round notes. \u201cThose costs are too high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With such a spread of opportunities across the commercial sector, some EO observers forecast that data providers will move closer to a verticalization strategy, where companies specialize their services to a key sector or problem set. <\/p>\n<p>RF data and satellite-as-a-service provider Spire wants to keep its options open. The company, which has over 100 nanosatellites on orbit, worked with a third-party consultant to determine the best use cases for its products, says CEO Peter Platzer. The study came up with 175 new use cases and 200,000 potential customers across its main sectors of maritime automated identification system (AIS), aviation (automatic dependent surveillance broadcast, or ADS-B), weather monitoring, and space services. Spire is now working through those use cases. <\/p>\n<p>That strategy helps Spire not only retain its existing customers \u2013 which are split about 50\/50 between government and commercial contracts \u2013 but steadily expand to new customers, by explaining how its space-derived data sets can exclusively solve the customers\u2019 needs, Platzer explains.<\/p>\n<p>Beefed-up on-board processing, optical crosslink technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) capabilities are helping providers pull data off of their satellites and into customers\u2019 hands at lower latency rates, and with higher data security. As onboard camera resolutions improve and the quality of data from electro-optical sensors can surpass what\u2019s pulled off of airborne drones, opportunities will open up in the insurance and financial sectors, says Satellogic\u2019s Tirman.<\/p>\n<p>It used to be that the only customers who could consume geospatial information, were those that could download reams of data and process it themselves, which led to limited adoption in the commercial industry. But now, providers can process large amounts of data in a very short period of time to interpret a change detection in their sensing data very quickly, thanks to ever-maturing AI and cloud storage capabilities. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68361827db4;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68361827db4 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68361827db5').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68361827db5'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Minnick says BlackSky\u2019s constellation capacity has more than doubled over the past year. \u201cWe can go from receiving an order from our customers, to being able to capture that image with the analytics in 90 minutes,\u201d Minnick says. \u201cFor commercial customers who are trying to say, \u2018How do I price this product?\u2019 or \u2018When do I estimate my product is going to get to this location?\u2019 \u2013 That\u2019s pretty powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some companies, like Spire, develop their own crosslink technology in house, to enable lower latency rates and higher data security, as well as \u201ca fantastic geolocation capability,\u201d says Platzer. For the Spire CEO, it\u2019s difficult to picture a future where optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) are not \u201ctable stakes\u201d for remote sensing companies \u2013 like bandwidth for the internet. Spire deployed its first OISLs into orbit in 2021, after rolling out RF data links over a year ago.<\/p>\n<h3>Barriers to Greater Customer Adoption<\/h3>\n<p>The long-term success of the GEOINT commercial market is predicated on how well providers can improve pricing models, and improve data accessibility for the customer, says NSR\u2019s Muruganandham. <\/p>\n<p>Certain data providers need to account for market oversaturation. The number of planned hyperspectral constellations for example, are currently in the double digits, and \u201cthere\u2019s really no clarity on what the demand for that kind of data will look like,\u201d he observes. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be expensive [and] very data intensive. And on the commercial side, nobody\u2019s really going to be willing to pay for it unless it\u2019s affordable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Providers need to reduce the risk for commercial customers by not trying \u201cto monetize everything,\u201d says Umbra\u2019s Dominocielo. \u201cThere\u2019s a roadblock where providers are like, \u2018This data\u2019s so valuable; we\u2019re not giving it away.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Umbra currently has two satellites in orbit, and plans to launch four more by the end of the year. The company is building a self-tasking platform dubbed Canopy, which will allow any U.S. or NATO-affiliated user to task the satellite directly for a flat price, using a creative commons license, says Dominicielo. Lowering the cost of data, using creative commons licenses, and giving away training data sets would help to reduce the cost of entry for commercial companies into the GEOINT market, he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Observers foresee a cap on the number of satellite providers providing raw data imagery, whether to government or commercial customers. \u201cThe satellite operators are able to generate a lot more data than there is actual demand for downstream,\u201d says Muruganandham. <\/p>\n<p>But as the focus shifts to capturing data, and then turning that data into insights, \u201cThe ultimate indicator here is, how can players adapt?\u201d notes Katz. \u201cCan they become more end user-focused?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some companies have done this by acquiring an existing data services company. Planet announced last year that it would acquire VanderSat, which provides Earth data and analytics to help customers track soil moisture, biomass, and more. Others are entering strategic partnerships, like one recently announced between Satellogic and Palantir Technologies. Satellogic will leverage Palantir\u2019s Foundry platform, to provide higher-resolution imagery data, as well as tailor-made data insights. In return, Palantir will have access to Satellogic\u2019s APIs to accelerate its own MetaConstellation and Edge AI capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still work to be done to help potential customers understand how to harness GEOINT data for their own benefit. To date, the industry has done a poor job of educating both government and commercial customers on remote sensing data\u2019s viability, Satellogic\u2019s Tirman adds. \u201cThey need help understanding how Earth observation data can be impactful to their day-to-day business. It just can\u2019t be a pretty picture; it has to move the needle for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hope is that giving their customers the insights and analysis along with the imagery will help to bridge that education gap. \u201cPeople have always wanted to know where their ships are \u2013 Those are not unknown problems,\u201d Spire\u2019s Platzer says. \u201cWhat is unknown is that the solutions exist today. More often than not, there is a question of, \u2018Really? This is possible? You can do this?\u2019\u201d <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405442:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/emxFgXEKT5upmhMJD3Hf_Opinion-300x300.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/emxFgXEKT5upmhMJD3Hf_Opinion-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/emxFgXEKT5upmhMJD3Hf_Opinion-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/emxFgXEKT5upmhMJD3Hf_Opinion-150x150.jpg 150w, 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