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KSAT will deliver an extensive portfolio of Earth Observation SAR Services to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

KSAT has been selected to provide an extensive portfolio of (Synthetic Aperture Radar) SAR satellite monitoring services to EMSA in support of the operational requirements of multiple maritime user communities in Europe. In October 2022, EMSA signed with KSAT a 24-month framework contract for the delivery of SAR satellite imagery which can be renewed for two additional 12-month periods.

Maritime surveillance services are of crucial importance for Europe. As such, EMSA acts as an institutional service provider to all participating States, including EU Member States and their overseas territories, candidate countries, and the EFTA member States (Norway and Iceland) and to European institutions and bodies with functions in the maritime domain such as pollution monitoring, maritime safety, maritime security, law enforcement, customs and support to emergencies at sea.

By being able to cover almost the entirety of European waters and delivering multiple satellite missions, KSAT ensures near real-time (NRT) delivery of time-critical information for the maritime domain.

In addition to the European coverage, the KSAT Earth Observation (EO) services offered to EMSA, utilize the largest and best-positioned network of satellite ground stations in the world, through which imagery of any point on the globe can be acquired and delivered – in some areas in NRT.

– In order to deliver services as fast as possible to EMSA’s areas of interest outside Europe, KSAT offers multi-mission downlink and processing leveraging several KSAT ground stations globally, including the unique ground stations at Svalbard in the Arctic and Troll in Antarctica says Marte Indregard, Chief commercial officer (CCO) at KSAT.