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| November 2024 | Howard Lutnick resigned from the Satellogic board of directors after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to appoint him as US Secretary of Commerce. Cantor Fitzgerald simultaneously increased its stake in Satellogic. |
| August 16 2024 | Launched ÑuSat-48 through ÑuSat-50 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, United States. |
| April 7 2024 | Launched ÑuSat-46 (TSAT-1A, in collaboration with TASL) using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, United States. |
| March 4 2024 | Launched ÑuSat-44 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, United States. |
| June 12 2023 | Launched ÑuSat-40 through ÑuSat-43 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, United States. |
| April 15 2023 | Launched ÑuSat-36 through ÑuSat-39 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Vandenberg, United States. |
| January 3 2023 | Launched ÑuSat-32 through ÑuSat-35 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, United States. |
| 2022 | Announced a partnership with Palantir Technologies. Had 26 satellites in operation and approximately 140 staff members. |
| May 2022 | Announced a new multi-launch agreement with SpaceX for approximately 60 satellites. |
| May 25 2022 | Launched ÑuSat-28 through ÑuSat-31 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, United States. |
| April 1 2022 | Launched ÑuSat-23 through ÑuSat-27 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, United States. |
| January 2022 | Satellogic went public through a merger with CF Acquisition Corp. V, becoming a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq exchange. |
| 2021 |
Navigation
Navigation journal reported an impact factor of 2.1 according to the Journal Citation Reports, categorized under aerospace engineering, remote sensing, and telecommunications.
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| June 30 2021 | Launched ÑuSat-19 through ÑuSat-22 using a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, United States. |
| January 19 2021 | Announced SpaceX as their preferred rideshare vendor for satellite launches. |
| 2020 |
BAITSSS
Completion of the multi-year evaluation of the BAITSSS model against lysimeter and crop measurements, with some later developments including physically based crop productivity components for biomass and crop yield computation.
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| 2020 |
BAITSSS
Completion of the multi-year lettuce evapotranspiration study using BAITSSS, where the model's simulated evapotranspiration closely matched measurements from twelve eddy covariance sites.
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| 2020 |
BAITSSS
Dhungel et al. published research findings from the BAITSSS application, comparing simulated irrigation to reported irrigation and analyzing deficit irrigation within water right management units in Kansas.
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| November 6 2020 | Launched multiple ÑuSats (9-18) named after women scientists using a Long March 6 rocket from Taiyuan, China. |
| September 2 2020 | Launched ÑuSat-6 (Hypatia) using a Vega rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. |
| April 2020 |
BAITSSS
A story about Ogallala Aquifer Conservation effort using the ET model was published in Mother Earth News.
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| January 15 2020 | Launched ÑuSat-7 (Sophie Germain) and ÑuSat-8 (Marie Curie) using a Long March 2D rocket from Taiyuan, China. |
| 2019 |
BAITSSS
BAITSSS was discussed by Jones et al. in academic research.
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| 2019 |
BAITSSS
Dhungel et al. published research further discussing difficulties in parameterization and validation of resistance-based models for evapotranspiration simulations.
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| 2019 | Satellogic's Dedicated Satellite Constellations (DSC) was nominated for Via Satellite's 'Satellite Technology of the Year' Award. |
| 2019 | Satellogic signed its first agreement to deliver a dedicated satellite constellation for exclusive geospatial analytics in Henan Province, China. |
| December 19 2019 | Satellogic announced receiving US$50 million in funding during their latest investment round, demonstrating strong financial growth and investor confidence. |
| September 2019 |
BAITSSS
Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District 4 (GMD 4) and BAITSSS received national recognition from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for climate change response efforts in Sheridan County, Kansas.
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| June 2019 |
BAITSSS
Upper Republican Regional Advisory Committee of Kansas discussed potential benefits and utilization of BAITSSS for water management and educational purposes.
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| February 2 2018 | Launched ÑuSat-4 (Ada Lovelace) and ÑuSat-5 (Maryam Mirzakhani) using a Long March 2D rocket from Jiuquan, China. |
| 2017 |
BAITSSS
Concluded the five-year research project studying irrigation management and water rights using BAITSSS methodology in collaboration with crop scientists, systems analysts, and district water managers.
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| 2017 |
BAITSSS
Pan et al. published research highlighting potential challenges in parameterization and validation of resistance-based models for evapotranspiration simulations.
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| 2017 |
BAITSSS
The landscape BAITSSS model was scripted in Python shell using GDAL and NumPy libraries, now utilizing NLDAS weather data with a resolution of approximately 12.5 kilometers.
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| 2017 |
BAITSSS
A group of scientists from USDA-ARS and Kansas State University began evaluating the independent BAITSSS model against weighing lysimeter measured evapotranspiration, infrared temperature, and net radiometer data for drought-tolerant corn and sorghum at the Conservation and Production Research Laboratory in Bushland, Texas.
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| 2017 |
BAITSSS
BAITSSS was discussed by Bhattarai et al. in academic research.
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| June 15 2017 | Launched ÑuSat-3 (Milanesat) using a Long March 4B rocket from Jiuquan, China. |
| 2016 |
BAITSSS
The model was first published in Meteorological Applications journal under the name BAITSSS, presenting a framework to interpolate evapotranspiration between satellite overpasses when thermal-based surface temperature is unavailable.
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| 2016 |
BAITSSS
BAITSSS was used to calculate corn and sorghum Evapotranspiration in Bushland, Texas.
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| 2016 |
BAITSSS
BAITSSS was used in a study on lettuce evapotranspiration conducted in Yuma, Arizona, which continued through 2020.
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| 2016 | Radiant Earth Foundation was founded as an American non-profit organization dedicated to applying machine learning for Earth observation to support Sustainable Development Goals. |
| May 30 2016 | Launched ÑuSat-1 (Fresco) and ÑuSat-2 (Batata) using a Long March 4B rocket from Taiyuan, China. |
| 2014 |
BAITSSS
Dhungel submitted his PhD dissertation, where the model was initially called BATANS (backward averaged two source accelerated numerical solution).
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| June 19 2014 | Launched BugSat-1 (Tita) using a Dnepr rocket from Yasny, Russia. |
| 2013 |
BAITSSS
BAITSSS was used to calculate multiple crop Evapotranspiration in northwest Kansas, beginning a multi-year study.
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| November 21 2013 | Launched CubeBug-2 (Manolito/LUSAT-OSCAR 74) on a Dnepr launch vehicle. |
| April 26 2013 | Launched CubeBug-1 (El Capitán Beto), Argentina's first nanosatellite, on a Long March 2D launch vehicle. |
| 2012 |
BAITSSS
Ramesh Dhungel developed the initial version of the landscape model using Python IDLE environment and NARR weather data, with a resolution of approximately 32 kilometers.
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| 2010 |
BAITSSS
BAITSSS was implemented to compute Evapotranspiration (ET) in northern California.
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