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From vast energy infrastructure to some of the world's fastest-growing cities and busiest maritime corridors, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has some of the most rapidly changing Earth Observation requirements in the world. That’s why we’ve engaged with NSG UP42, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's first national EO data platform to bring high resolution thermal-derived satellite data to the Kingdom’s government agencies, operators, and analysts. This means data users in the Kingdom will be able to access high fidelity, decision-grade MWIR thermal intelligence via a single, unified platform to support decision-making across a wide range of applications.
24/7 intelligence from orbit
Our HotSat constellation delivers thermal imagery at 3.5-meter resolution - the highest fidelity commercially available thermal data from space - using mid-wave infrared (MWIR) sensors capable of resolving heat signatures at the individual asset and building level. This precision enables the detection of activity, anomalies, and emissions that broader resolution thermal data simply cannot reveal. It is also available both day and night to support around-the-clock monitoring of assets and environments.
The complete operational picture
The same blind spot occurs across defense, economic, and climate decisions: whilst existing Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) constellations can confirm that an asset exists and that its structure has not changed, it cannot confirm its operational status, intensity, or whether its behaviour has shifted.
Our thermal intelligence works where EO and SAR cannot because it captures operational signals generated by the facility: heat from furnaces, turbines, cooling systems, and processing equipment. Activity can be inferred even when every visible indicator is neutral. Once operational tempo is established, analysts can monitor the heartbeat of an asset, detect anomalies, diagnose the cause, and act before public signals emerge.
Optical sees what is there. SAR confirms structure and change. High-fidelity thermal completes the operational picture.
A wide range of application for Saudi Arabia
Through NSG UP42, data users in the Kingdom can leverage our space-based thermal intelligence to power advanced analytical applications and support more informed, data-driven decision-making, especially when combining HotSat data with other information sources:
Our thermal intelligence already in action
HotSat-2 is delivering commercial imagery today; the constellation is scaling toward 10–20 revisits per day, and the data is analysis-ready via the NSG UP42’s unified data platform.
By integrating SatVu's thermal intelligence into the NSG UP42 marketplace, users can combine thermal data with optical, SAR, and other Earth Observation layers through a single, unified interface - enabling richer multi-source analysis than thermal data alone. This integration further strengthens NSG UP42's mission to build a comprehensive, scalable EO marketplace for the Kingdom, providing access to diverse advanced sensing technologies under one platform.
We’re delighted that users in Saudi Arabia will now have access to a sensing capability that directly supports the infrastructure monitoring, urban planning, and environmental oversight objectives at the heart of Vision 2030.
