August 16, 2022

This image was taken by the Planet Labs satellite on August 10, 2022, and shows aircraft damage from a Ukrainian strike that occurred just one day earlier, on August 9, 2022. Images courtesy of Planet Labs PBC

The war in Ukraine highlights the strategic importance of private satellite companies in times of conflict

Shortly after the outbreak of the war, Ukraine, funded by the US government, requested data from private satellite companies around the world. By the end of April, Ukraine received images from American companies minutes after the data was collected. recently
Moon photograph by Genesis 1. Courtesy of SpaceIL

The SpaceIL association began building simulations for the Genesis 2 spacecraft

The software of the Siemens Digital Industries Software company is currently used by the SpaceIL association in order to comply with space conditions