Category: Articles
Why SWIR Is the Missing Layer in Modern ISR
For years, satellite ISR has been measured in familiar terms: spatial resolution, revisit frequency, geographic coverage. These still matter, but operational experience across maritime security, land operations, and post-event assessment points to a more fundamental constraint they don’t capture. Imagery can be successfully collected and still fail to deliver a confident answer. The bottleneck isn’t […]
Sovereign Space ISR: How LatConnect 60’s SWIRSAT Reflects a New Procurement Model for Allied Defence
For decades, defence ISR procurement meant a stark choice: build costly national satellite systems, or buy data access from established commercial providers on terms that limited control over tasking, sovereignty, and long-term availability. The SWIRSAT programme, developed by Australian Earth observation company LatConnect 60, offers a case study in how this is shifting — blending […]
LC60 Opens Western Australia’s First Commercial Satellite Assembly Clean Room
In the latest 9News report, space company LC60 showcased its newly opened satellite assembly clean room at Edith Cowan University (ECU), marking a major milestone for Western Australia’s growing space sector. The facility is one of only a few satellite-grade clean rooms in the state and the only one capable of supporting the delicate assembly […]