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@umbraspace
An American space technology company redefining what’s possible in & through space. Data. Platforms. Hardware — we build & fly every system. We Know Space.




























When Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane went down in August 2023 after his short-lived mutiny against Vladimir Putin, @umbraspace's SAR imagery was the first to show the crash site; those images, taken by radar at night when cameras couldn’t see, ran on CNN and showed the state of the wreckage. For a company whose first satellites had been up for only two years, it was a significant moment. Hardware that had been designed and built by a very small team on the quiet California coast was the source of a major international headline in a bloody conflict a world away — and the images were on TV! For our latest issue, @mualphaxi went to Santa Barbara to visit Umbra, which operates one of the most sophisticated synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) constellations in the world, public or private. Read it in print or online @arenamagdotcom 📡

Every mission is multi-sensor. Starting today, you can task @umbraspace SAR directly from Vantor Hub without switching gears. WorldView Radar is integrated into Vantor Hub through our partnership with Umbra, bringing high-resolution spotlight SAR into the same environment where you access the industry's most trusted spatial foundation. Vantor's high-resolution data serves as an important reference for interpreting and understanding insights from SAR imagery. Umbra operates one of the most capable commercial SAR constellations in orbit today. Their satellites deliver spotlight collections down to 25 cm resolution, with longer dwell options that improve signal return and reduce speckle. The result is radar imagery that helps analysts detect activity and identify objects even when they’re partially obscured. The goal is simple: keep SAR and EO in the same operational workflow so teams can pivot sensors without changing tools. SAR tasking in Hub is rolling out in beta for select customers; reach out to your Vantor sales rep to get started. vantor.com/blog/task-sar-…