Ursa Space provides a cloud‑native platform that aggregates raw synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery from a global satellite constellation and delivers it via RESTful and GraphQL APIs. The service normalizes, calibrates and automatically processes the data into ready‑to‑use products such as change‑detection maps, interferometric measurements and vessel‑track overlays, enabling defense, maritime and infrastructure users to integrate near‑real‑time SAR insights into GIS and analytics workflows.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Organizations that require up‑to‑date radar‑based earth observation often face long procurement cycles, fragmented data sources, and limited on‑demand access to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, which hampers timely decision‑making for security, maritime, and infrastructure operations.
Solution
Ursa Space delivers a cloud‑native platform that aggregates raw SAR data from a worldwide constellation of satellites and makes it available through an on‑demand API. The service normalizes and calibrates the imagery, then applies automated processing pipelines to generate ready‑to‑use products such as change‑detection maps, interferometric measurements, and vessel‑track overlays. Clients receive the processed data via secure endpoints or a web dashboard, enabling rapid integration with existing GIS and analytics workflows. By providing near‑real‑time access to consistent SAR coverage, Ursa Space reduces latency and operational overhead for geospatial intelligence tasks.
Target Audience
Primary customers are defense and intelligence agencies, maritime domain awareness operators, and infrastructure owners or managers who need timely SAR‑derived insights for surveillance, risk assessment, and asset monitoring.
Features
- RESTful and GraphQL APIs that deliver raw SAR strips and pre‑processed products on a per‑request basis
- Global ingestion engine that normalizes data from multiple SAR satellite operators into a unified radiometrically calibrated format
- Automated processing chain for speckle reduction, terrain correction, and interferometric coherence analysis
- Change‑detection and anomaly‑identification modules that generate vectorized alerts for maritime traffic or infrastructure movement
- Cloud‑hosted analytics workspace with customizable dashboards, time‑series visualizations, and export to common GIS formats (GeoTIFF, Shapefile, CZML)
- Role‑based access control and end‑to‑end encryption for secure data delivery, compliant with relevant defense and maritime standards
- Scalable pricing model based on API call volume and selected processing tiers, supporting both pilot projects and enterprise‑scale deployments