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HEO and SATLANTIS are already executing joint non-Earth imaging demonstration campaigns, with a jointly productised sovereign space domain awareness service targeted for delivery to government customers across Europe and beyond.
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Sydney, Australia & Leioa, Spain — March 3, 2026
HEO and SATLANTIS are proud to announce a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on delivering sovereign non-Earth imaging and space domain awareness capabilities to government and defence customers.
The partnership brings together HEO's non-Earth imaging expertise, spanning hardware, software, analytics, and operational methodology proven across thousands of missions, with SATLANTIS' track record in designing, delivering, and operating high-performance optical payloads and autonomous satellite missions in under 12 months. The combined expertise of SATLANTIS and HEO gives customers a single, trusted partner solution for complete, end-to-end sovereign space intelligence.
A central pillar of the collaboration is enabling SATLANTIS' existing and future satellites to autonomously conduct non-Earth imaging operations. HEO's computer vision techniques, mission planning methodology, and NEI software will be integrated directly into SATLANTIS' platforms, turning assets already trusted by institutional and defence customers into a unified collection capability across both ground and space. As strategic competition in orbit intensifies, governments need priority access, assured collection, and full sovereignty over how their intelligence is used. Together, HEO and SATLANTIS will give them exactly that.
“Together with HEO, SATLANTIS is also unlocking how HORACIO, GEISAT and the rest of the SATLANTIS fleet can contribute to SDA missions. This creates an early-alert layer that builds upon existing Earth Observation investments while addressing emerging challenges in the market. It represents an additional functionality embedded within the SATLANTIS FlexSat architecture, expanding the operational value of our constellation. Governments can no longer depend on fragmented or non-sovereign solutions; they require trusted, mission-driven capabilities designed to evolve with their operational needs.” – Highlighted Juan Tomás Hernani, the CEO of SATLANTIS.
"The national security case for sovereign space domain awareness is not new. What is new is that it is now achievable commercially, at pace, and without classified infrastructure. Partnering with SATLANTIS gives governments a path to get there, built on the most operationally mature NEI capability in the commercial market, and delivered on trusted platforms they own outright," said Dr William Crowe, CEO & Co-Founder of HEO.
Next Steps
The two companies are already underway, with joint non-Earth imaging demonstration campaigns being executed using SATLANTIS' satellites and HEO providing mission planning, tasking, and performance analysis. These campaigns will validate capability at scale, establish performance benchmarks, and lay the foundation for a jointly productised service designed to evolve with the sovereign intelligence requirements of government customers across Europe and beyond.
This collaboration aligns with the growing demand among European and allied governments for strategic autonomy in space, contributing to their ability to independently monitor, characterise, and respond to activity in space.
About SATLANTIS
SATLANTIS is a leading Earth Observation technology company delivering next-generation end-to-end satellite mission solutions and very high-resolution optical payloads. Powered by proprietary payloads for small satellites, SATLANTIS enables simultaneous multispectral imaging across visible, infrared, polarimetric, thermal, and video bands, generating unique, actionable data for customers. With a 100% success rate across its missions, the company provides agile and intelligent solutions for security & defense, energy, environmental monitoring, applications, among others.
https://www.satlantis.com/
About HEO
HEO is the world's first company to offer commercial in-orbit satellite inspection solutions, delivering high-frequency non-Earth imaging and insights on the most important assets in space. HEO leverages a distributed network of sensors, combining its own hosted sensors with partner Earth observation constellations, and deploys highly autonomous software to monitor and inspect satellites at scale. Our mission is to image anything in the solar system on demand for defence, government, and commercial customers. HEO is headquartered in Australia with offices in the UK and USA. www.heospace.com
