PARIS — Space Norway and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) are working together on a radar satellite for maritime domain awareness, the first of potentially several such spacecraft.

The two companies announced Sept. 19 that they are collaborating on a satellite with a C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) optimized for collecting data over large parts of the ocean. The 400-kilogram satellite is scheduled to launch in early 2027 on a SpaceX rideshare mission.

The focus of the satellite will be to monitor the North Atlantic region. “The North Atlantic has a lot of energy infrastructure, fisheries and underwater cables that are basically not monitored today, or not very well,” said Alex da Silva Curiel, head of international business at SSTL, in an interview during World Space Busines

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