The U.S. government (channeling GLADOS) on EO national security: "I thought about our dilemma, and I came up with a solution that I honestly think works out best for one of both of us."
I work more with SAR images. The commercial SAR market is probably 15 years behind the optical satellite industry but it may catch up soon. SAR has had many public-private partnerships in larger satellites but the small SAR satellites are growing rapidly.
Radar is likely facing similar headwinds that optical satellites currently are, policy-wise. Maybe the good (or bad) thing is that SAR's utility is less obvious to the politicians, which means they may not put as many roadblocks in place. ;-)
I work more with SAR images. The commercial SAR market is probably 15 years behind the optical satellite industry but it may catch up soon. SAR has had many public-private partnerships in larger satellites but the small SAR satellites are growing rapidly.
Hi Eric!
The data supports your estimate, I think, for SAR. But to me it's still amazing we can talk about SAR without going into any kind of SCIF.
I don't know how interested you are in this, or even how aware, but I wrote up an analysis of the overall EO/RS growth since 2019: https://www.astralytical.com/insights/the-growing-business-of-observing-the-blue-marble.
There is a radar deployment section in it.
Radar is likely facing similar headwinds that optical satellites currently are, policy-wise. Maybe the good (or bad) thing is that SAR's utility is less obvious to the politicians, which means they may not put as many roadblocks in place. ;-)