Company type | Private |
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TSX: UR | |
Industry | Space Observation |
Founded | 10 December 2010 |
Defunct | 2021 |
Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Don Osborne (CEO) (Chair of the Board) Dr. George Tyc (CTO) Sai Chu (CFO) Wade Larson and Scott Larson (Co-Founders) |
Products | Remote sensing Geospatial information |
Revenue | $15.6 million (2018) [1] |
Urthecast was a Canadian company that specialized in satellite imaging, data services and geo-analytics. The company operated two cameras on the International Space Station (ISS) and two satellites in low Earth orbit.[2] Urthecast also planned to launch two satellite constellations, OptiSAR and UrtheDaily, to provide global coverage and high-resolution imagery of the Earth.[3] However, the company faced financial difficulties and filed for creditor protection in 2020. A new start-up, EarthDaily Analytics, emerged from Urthecast’s insolvency in 2021.[4]