Tag: satellites

AMSA informed that vessels navigating in Australian and New Zealand waters can now access a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) called SouthPAN.

ICEYE announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the EMSA to support the latter's efforts in managing various aspects of maritime operations with search and rescue (SAR) data.

The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), launched at the COP 27, is a data-to-action platform set up as part of the UNEP International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) strategy to get policy-relevant data into the right hands for emissions mitigation.

Marlink announced that it has completed the acquisition of the satellite communications business of Hellenic Radio Services (HRS). The acquisition enhances local service and customer support, while increasing choice for ship owners to adopt Marlink’s smart network solutions to digitalise their vessel operations.

Marlink informed that it has added SpaceX’s Starlink service to its offerings. Starlink is a high-speed, low-latency broadband internet service enabled by a constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit.

Until now, satellites could only measure sea ice thickness between October and March, when the ice and snow are cold and dry. In the warmer months, melt ponds on top of the ice floes confused the instruments, which could not be used to distinguish between melted ice on an ice floe and the ocean. However, thanks to a new study involving UCL researchers, an algorithm was trained on thousands of simulations of satellite data to reliably distinguish between melt ponds and the ocean.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorised SpaceX to use its satellite connectivity on vessels for the first time.

Kleos Space announced an agreement with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Division, Crane (NSWC Crane) for joint data experimentation for the improvement of maritime domain awareness.

The Quadrilateral Security Alliance (Quad), a defense cooperation group that includes the US, India, Australia and Japan, will launch a joint satellite-based tracking system aimed at Chinese illegal fishing. 

EMSA has awarded six contracts for satellite communication (satcom) services to support the maritime surveillance operations of its remotely piloted aircraft systems.