Our Company
4C Satellites is a subsidiary of BQT Solutions
Ltd. and Prime Asset Finance. It was established
in 2007 to study, develop, design, build, launch
and operate small satellites for research, Earth
observation and surveillance in selected markets
within Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin
America.
In November 2007 4C Satellites and Politecnico
di Torino (one of the main engineering universities
in Italy and Europe) incorporated 4C Polito Space
Technology S.p.A. The new joint
venture will design, build and operate high resolution
real time images, low equatorial orbit (LEO) positioned
satellite dedicated for earth observation and
surveillance application. The satellites are equipped
with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) which enables
clear imaging through cloud and night sky.
The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images market
is one with great potential that has not yet been
realized.
A SAR is an active imaging system that when
imaging continuously sends and receives a scattered
signal from the earth’s surface. As an active
imaging system, SAR does not rely on reflectance
from the earth, and in doing so it has the ability
to “see” at night, through clouds
and in some cases vegetation.
Worldwide demand for SAR data continues to increase
because SAR data is ideal for equatorial and cloud-covered
regions, SAR’s enhanced capabilities give
it a unique market position, demand for surveillance
imagery and data is recession proof, SAR is an
existing, proven technology, potential for data-derived
products is applicable to many markets, existing
historical data has potential commercial applications,
etc.
Our satellite program involves Synthetic
Aperture Radar (SAR) payload satellites (BP SAR)
for advanced surveillance activities, as well
as nano/micro satellites for scientific and commercial
purposes (BP NanoSAT), and mini satellites for
Ground Observation based on optical payloads (BP
OpticSAT).
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