Perfect Picture: Broadening Access to Satellite Imagery

Q: How can Satellogic's services help companies in their operations and what positive impact would they see?

A: A growing number of companies are adopting satellite imagery to make more informed decisions and gain a new, scalable and dynamic perspective of their operations. The main industries adopting this data are agriculture, forestry, energy, oil and gas, and insurance, among others. Satellogic sells data and Space Systems to enterprises and governments. The latter use satellite imagery for numerous activities, including defense intelligence, environment-related issues and agricultural and land use. 

Q: What are the main differences in regulation when it comes to using Satellogic’s products in different countries? 

A: We register our satellites before the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). We carefully follow all regulations and have undergone 14 successful launches to date, currently having 34 satellites in orbit.

Q: How does Satellogic promote its products among potential customers? 

A: The government sector represents the majority of our customer portfolio. Within the private sector, we have several partnerships in place to sell our imagery and value added services to companies of all sizes and end users. This is possible through partnerships such as the one we recently established with SkyFi, which has an app that allows users to ask for any image of any particular location. The price of our images makes them accessible to more people, not only governments, reaching new markets and even individuals.

Q: How do you ensure the accuracy and reliability of your data?

A: We are a vertically integrated company. We design and manufacture every subsystem of our satellites. As we design everything, we strongly invest in R&D so we have a large research team exploring new ways to build components and systems for every new spacecraft generation. 

Our satellites are technically microsatellites, about the size of a chair. The main telescope carries our multispectral camera, which is used in most of our projects. This sensor has earned us a gold medal award from the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at their Olympic-themed evaluation of commercial satellite imagery.

Q: How does Constellation-as-a-Service help clients to gather more relevant data?

A: Constellation-as-a-Service is a model that allocates satellite capacity to a client country, giving it priority tasking opportunities over a defined area of interest. As an alternative to purchasing a high-resolution optical satellite, we provide access to many for optimal capacity and at a fraction of the cost.

Q: How does Satellogic approach sustainability and environmental concerns in its operations? 

A: Satellite imagery is a critical asset in matters such as climate change. We do planetary health monitoring and are linked to many organizations such as the UN’s International Charter, Space and Major Disasters, to collaborate with our imagery whenever a wildfire, earthquake, flood, or other catastrophe occurs anywhere in the world. We help improve the management of emergencies and help inform strategies to prevent them. 

Q: How has Satellogic’s presence in Mexico developed over the years and what opportunities do you see for growth in the market?

A: Satellogic was born in Argentina and expanded to become a global company, now listed on Nasdaq, with presence in six countries and employees working from more than 50 cities around the globe. We do not yet have an office in Mexico but we signed a Letter of Intent with the Mexican Space Agency, around a Constellation-as-a-Service program in which we would also carry Mexican onboard computers on our satellites. A local presence in the country is something we look forward to as part of this program.

Satellogic is a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation data collection that provides daily, actionable planetary-scale insights.