THE PUBLIC RECORD

Sources & credits.

The archive links to work and announcements from ShadowBreak’s history. Historical reporting is presented in its original context; dates refer to the reporting or announcement, not to the company’s closure.

Platforms, partnerships & reporting

• How an Intelligence company uses SkyWatch EarthCache — SkyWatch, 28 April 2022. A case study on ReconLink’s integration of satellite tasking and additional datasets. Featured image: SkyWatch case-study page.
• Balancing access and security in geospatial intelligence — Global Defence Technology, March 2021, issue 121. Alex Love interviews Samuel Cardillo and Jasper Smallenbroek about access, analysis and screening.
• Russian Navy Submarine And Warships Hit By Runaway Floating Dock — Forbes, H I Sutton, 3 September 2020. Credits Pléiades imagery acquired through ShadowBreak.
• Unexpected Mystery Submarine In North Korea — Forbes, H I Sutton, 25 August 2020. Credits Pléiades imagery acquired through ShadowBreak.
• New Intelligence Shows China Is Building More Type-075 Assault Carriers — Forbes, H I Sutton, 7 August 2020. Credits Pléiades imagery acquired through ShadowBreak.
• Satellite Photos Suggest Russia Sent Trained Dolphins To War In Syria — Forbes, H I Sutton, 19 July 2020. Credits Kompsat and Pléiades imagery acquired through ShadowBreak.
• Beirut Harbour Observed by Pléiades — Airbus, 5 August 2020. Satellite imagery: Airbus / Pléiades; analysis: ShadowBreak Intl. Image preserved from the original archive. The historical publisher URL may have moved.
• ShadowBreak Intl and Axelspace Corporation Sign Partnership Agreement — Sensors & Systems, published 13 January 2021. ShadowBreak’s announcement was dated 12 January 2021. Partnership image: Axelspace, from ShadowBreak’s original website.
• Interview with Samuel Cardillo — Der Tagesspiegel, 3 March 2022. Reporting on ShadowBreak and volunteers documenting Russian military radio communications in Ukraine. German-language article; publisher access restrictions may apply.

Beirut harbour, August 2020

Following the 4 August explosion, ShadowBreak analysed Pléiades satellite imagery of Beirut. The assessment considered damage to the harbour area and nearby mills, and what that could mean for food supply and the local economy.

Airbus / Pléiades imagery, analysis by ShadowBreak Intl. The original Airbus article now redirects to its current website; the image above was preserved from the ShadowBreak news archive.

Company history

ShadowBreak’s founding year, original mission, ReconLink and TacSight descriptions, and selected archive entries are drawn from its original company website as consulted in October 2026. Product descriptions are historical; the products are not offered through this website.

A founder’s perspective

The closure announcement, experience of the imagery market, and farewell reflect the account of Samuel Cardillo, founder of ShadowBreak Intl.

Visual & technical credits

The Earth is rendered with Three.js, using the Earth texture distributed with its official examples. Orbit lines are illustrative. They do not represent live satellite tracking or an operational service.

Three.js version 0.180.0 is included locally under its MIT licence. Typeface: Lato, as used on ShadowBreak’s original website, via Google Fonts. The original ShadowBreak logo and favicon have been preserved. Editorial images remain credited to their respective owners.