Maritime Domain Awareness

Daily satellite monitoring of the world's oceans and waterways. Vessel detection, port monitoring, oil spill identification, and coastal change analysis for defence and government agencies.

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Every Waterway. Every Day.

Whether the mission is tracking vessel movements in contested waters or detecting oil spills across national exclusive economic zones, the underlying requirement is the same: persistent, consistent observation at a scale that matches the ocean itself.

Maritime environments are vast, dynamic, and largely beyond the reach of ground-based observation. Aerial patrols cover limited areas. Ship-based sensors see only their immediate surroundings. AIS transponders can be switched off.

EarthDaily provides daily satellite coverage across maritime areas at 5m resolution, capturing vessel activity, port infrastructure changes, environmental events, and coastal dynamics as they occur.
Consistent viewing geometry and calibrated spectral data enable reliable automated detection rather than manual image review.

What the System Detects

Vessel detection and classification.

Automated identification of vessels across open ocean and coastal waters. Wake pattern and displacement analysis supports classification by vessel type and size without reliance on cooperative transponder data.

Port and maritime infrastructure.

Construction, expansion, or modification of port facilities, naval installations, and coastal infrastructure tracked through daily comparison against established baselines.

Environmental events.

Oil spills, sediment plumes, algal blooms, and pollution detected through multispectral analysis. Thermal infrared bands identify anomalous heat signatures from industrial discharge or subsurface activity.

Coastal change.

Erosion, land reclamation, shoreline modification, and tidal flat changes captured over time. Daily imagery builds a longitudinal record of coastal dynamics supporting both operational planning and regulatory assessment.

Defence Applications

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Contested waters and strategic chokepoints

Daily monitoring of vessel activity in strategic waterways provides pattern-of-life baselines. Deviations from established patterns, unusual anchorage, or changes in naval facility activity are flagged for further assessment or high-resolution cueing.

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Naval facility monitoring

Track construction, vessel deployments, and activity levels at naval installations across broad geographic areas. Daily coverage detects changes within 24 hours without requiring dedicated ISR tasking.

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Anti-submarine and surface warfare support

Persistent wide-area monitoring complements tactical maritime surveillance by maintaining awareness across regions where dedicated assets cannot maintain continuous presence.

Government Applications

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Environmental protection

Detect and track oil spills, illegal discharge, and pollution events across national waters. Daily coverage provides the situational awareness needed for rapid response coordination and the evidentiary record required for enforcement.

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Fisheries enforcement

Monitor fishing fleet patterns, identify vessels operating outside permitted zones, and detect activity consistent with illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Daily observation without reliance on AIS data.

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Shipping safety and port management

Monitor traffic patterns, anchorage activity, and port congestion across national maritime zones. Support route optimisation and safety assessments with consistent daily data.

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Economic security

Production shocks in major growing regions affect global commodity prices, trade balances, and economic stability. National security advisors and economic policymakers use production intelligence to assess economic exposure and prepare contingency responses.

In Practice:
Oil Spill Response

Two cargo vessels collide in a busy shipping lane, releasing fuel into open water. Standard maritime surveillance detects the incident, but the extent of the spill and its movement are difficult to assess from surface level.

EarthDaily's daily coverage captures the spill extent across multiple spectral bands, including signatures that distinguish oil from natural surface features. As the slick spreads, daily imagery tracks its progression, movement direction, and proximity to sensitive coastline. Response teams use this persistent view to direct containment resources and prioritise protection of vulnerable coastal areas.

The daily imagery record documents the event from initial detection through cleanup, providing the timeline needed for regulatory investigation and liability assessment.

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The Right Data for Your Mission

EarthDaily delivers three distinct data products, each optimized for specific operational requirements.
All three are built on the same consistent constellation, share the same geometric precision, and benefit from the same AI-first engineering.

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AiRD:
AI-Ready Data for Automated Analytics

Precise orbit control maintains the same overpass time and viewing geometry daily. When your baseline doesn't shift between acquisitions, AI models distinguish real change from sensor artifacts with confidence. The result: demonstrated precision and recall exceeding 85% over operationally challenging environments.

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Science:
Full Control for Custom Processing

Streamlined 4-band configuration with 8-bit depth, engineered for rapid processing across vast maritime areas. Purpose-built for vessel detection, coastal monitoring, and behavioral analysis at operational scale. Choose Maritime when processing efficiency across millions of square kilometers matters most.

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Science:
Full Control for Custom Processing

10-band top-of-atmosphere data with L1 calibration, including the Coastal band for atmospheric characterization. Built for teams with their own processing pipelines who require maximum spectral information and complete processing control. Choose Science when your team implements proprietary algorithms and needs full-spectrum, unprocessed data.

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