{"id":9961,"date":"2022-05-09T15:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2022-05-09T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T18:07:07","slug":"cobertura-del-conflicto-en-ucrania-blacksky-cambio-las-orbitas-de-sus-satelites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9961","title":{"rendered":"Cobertura del conflicto en Ucrania, Blacksky cambi\u00f3 las \u00f3rbitas de sus sat\u00e9lites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuando Rusia invadi\u00f3 Ucrania en febrero 2022, la empresa de sensado remoto BLACKSKY, adopt\u00f3 una “decisi\u00f3n de negocio”: el cambio de\u00a0las \u00f3rbitas de dos de sus nuevos sat\u00e9lites.\u00a0<\/span>La constelaci\u00f3n completa puede obtener im\u00e1genes y presenta una resoluci\u00f3n temporal de una hora en latitudes medias (20 a 60 grados, norte y sur del ecuador) y una resoluci\u00f3n de aproximadamente 1 metro. La firma tiene previsto lanzar el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o, una nueva generaci\u00f3n de sat\u00e9lites que tendr\u00e1 una resoluci\u00f3n media de unos 50 cent\u00edmetros, e incluir\u00e1 un sensor infrarrojo de onda corta, que podr\u00e1 capturar algunas im\u00e1genes por la noche. El CEO de la empresa afirm\u00f3 que BlackSky utiliza inteligencia artificial (IA) para fusionar sus datos satelitales con otros datos de sensores, como los de los sat\u00e9lites de radar de apertura sint\u00e9tica (SAR) que pueden “ver” a trav\u00e9s de las nubes, una capacidad importante sobre Ucrania en el invierno.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON: When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, remote sensing firm\u00a0BlackSky<\/a>\u00a0made a \u201cbusiness decision\u201d to change the planned orbits of its two newest satellites to better keep tabs on the war \u2014 even though they were scheduled to blast off just about a month later, CEO Brian O\u2019Toole told Breaking Defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a big deal because multiple processes are involved,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty significant, in the time at which we were able to make this pivot and then actually deploy it and make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move including acquiring a revised license from the US government, O\u2019Toole explained, no easy feat as that process usually takes months or even years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in\u00a0charge of remote sensing licensing and regulation\u00a0<\/a>for the Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n

It also meant working through the technical details with launch provider RocketLab to allow BlackSky to put the satellites \u201cin an orbit that would maximize our collection capacity,\u201d O\u2019Toole said.<\/p>\n

Despite the hurdles, those two satellites went up on April 2, bringing BlackSky\u2019s electro-optical (using visible-light cameras) constellation to 14 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The new birds have an inclined orbit at a slightly higher latitude than the rest of the constellation, O\u2019Toole said, which allows them to spend more time over Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

And, significantly, customers were receiving imagery and analytical products from Ukraine within 24 hours of the launch, according to a\u00a0company press release.<\/a><\/p>\n

The full constellation can image from dawn to dusk, providing an hourly revisit rate over mid-latitudes (20 to 60 degrees, north and south of the equator) and a resolution of about 1 meter. The firm is planning to launch a new generation of satellites next year that will have an average resolution of about 50 centimeters, and include a short-wave infrared sensor that will be able to capture some images at night.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole said BlackSky uses artificial intelligence (AI) to fuse its satellite data with other sensor data, such as that from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites that can \u201csee\u201d through clouds \u2014 an important capability over Ukraine in the winter.<\/p>\n

BlackSky\u2019s Spectra AI platform also is used to task its own constellation to collect and analyze insights on economic activity, patterns of life, or other areas of interest at the demand of customers. Using the automated system, customers can then receive tasked imagery and information within 90 minutes, the press release said.<\/p>\n

It is the combination of BlackSky\u2019s high revisit rate and the use of AI for \u201cdelivery on demand\u201d that is key for BlackSky\u2019s future market, O\u2019Toole explained. \u201cThose two things combined are what we\u2019re driving towards: providing this first-to-know advantage right through high revisit, speedy delivery with the data fusion and AI capability to deliver insights. I think that\u2019s ultimately gonna unlock the larger market opportunity, because all these customers just want the answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BlackSky already is one of three electro-optical imagery providers, along with Maxar Technologies and Planet, currently\u00a0under short-term contract<\/a>\u00a0with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The spy-sat agency now intends\u00a0to issue new contracts this summer<\/a>\u00a0for what it calls its Electro-Optical Commercial Layer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re standing by and looking forward to that,\u201d O\u2019Toole said. \u201cAs the government has outlined, the commercial companies have really stepped up in the Ukraine. We have played a significant part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

This includes not just providing imagery to the US and international governments, but also to commercial companies and humanitarian organizations, he noted. \u201cWe\u2019re very proud of that, and are continuing to provide that support.\u201d<\/p>\n

But NRO is by far from the only customer interested in the company\u2019s capabilities, as US military interest in obtaining tactical\u00a0intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)<\/a>\u00a0from satellites \u2014 that is, near real-time information that commanders can use in the heat of battle \u2014 has skyrocketed, O\u2019Toole said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking to a lot of different organizations in the government \u2014 Space Force, the Army, the Air Force \u2014 many that are looking at how you could leverage commercial technologies and tactical ISR,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been really heavily engaged and pushing ourselves for that part of the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Fuente:<\/strong> https:\/\/breakingdefense.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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