UP42 GmbH
aka UP42
UP42 GmbH, founded by Airbus and launched in May 2019 in Berlin, Germany, is a cloud-based geospatial data and analytics marketplace providing access to satellite imagery and processing algorithms from 80+ global providers. In December 2024, Saudi Arabia's Neo Space Group (NSG, a Public Investment Fund subsidiary) agreed to acquire UP42 from Airbus Defence and Space, completing the transaction in July 2025. The platform supports agriculture, finance, insurance, mining, and government customers with ready-to-use analytics including change detection, vegetation indexing, and object detection.
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UP42 Data Marketplace
operationalCloud-based marketplace offering access to satellite imagery and geospatial data from 80+ providers including Airbus, Planet, and others, through a unified API and account.
Since 2019
Analytics Processing Blocks
operationalReady-to-use geospatial algorithms including vegetation indexing (NDVI), change detection, object detection, moisture/chlorophyll level analysis, and land use classification.
Since 2019
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