AI-generated image showing a huge swarm of satellites orbiting Earth.
AI-generated image illustrating the challenges of space traffic management. Credit: RogueDawg777 / DeviantArt

The recent acquisition of geospatial intelligence firm Orbital Insight, which has a satellite imagery search engine platform, by Privateer, the Steve Wozniak startup that came out of stealth to raise $56 million in Series A funding, may have important consequences for how we manage space traffic.. It stresses end-to-end vertical integration, cross-functionality, and newfound alignment between the Earth observation segment thanks to the two companies’ focus on imagery and analytics aggregation, space traffic management and situational awareness.

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Aditya Chaturvedi is Deputy Editor at Geospatial World. He is a keen observer of the intersection of modern day technology, society, economics, pop culture and geopolitics.