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- Spire and PlanetiQ win NOAA radio-occultation contracts SpaceNews · 14 Aug 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded contracts to Spire Global and PlanetiQ to provide radio occultation data for terrestrial and space weather forecasts. The NOAA […]
- NOAA purchases Spire hyperspectral microwave sounder data SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue to evaluate data from Spire Global’s Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) under a $3 million contract extension announced Aug. 4. […]
- Schaeffler AG joins forces with Spire to build sovereign European satellites SpaceNews · 27 May 2026 AMSTERDAM – Spire Global revealed another element of its campaign to rapidly scale satellite production in German: strategic cooperation with Schaeffer AG, a major German manufacturer of automotive systems and […]
- Spire expands European manufacturing with Munich plant SpaceNews · 27 May 2026 AMSTERDAM – Spire Global has established a facility in Munich to develop and manufacture as many as 100 small satellites annually. With manufacturing plants in Boulder, Colorado, Glasgow, Scotland, and […]
- SBQuantum and Spire to send quantum diamond magnetometer into orbit SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Canadian startup SBQuantum plans to send a quantum diamond magnetometer into low-Earth orbit March 30 on a Spire Global satellite flying on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Spire is providing the satellite, g...
- Spire weather data to power AiDASH vegetation and outage risk tools SpaceDaily · 27 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 Spire Global has been selected by AiDASH to supply advanced space-based weather intelligence for AiDASH's vegetation, storm and ignition risk platform used by electric utilities in North...
- Spire adds hyperspectral sounder and Myriota payloads on SpaceX Twilight launch SpaceDaily · 16 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Spire Global Inc has successfully launched nine satellites on SpaceXs Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, further expanding its space based sensing and Internet of Things...
- Spire soil data to support conflict early warning in Ethiopias Somali Region SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 London, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Spire Global has been selected by GIST Research to supply satellite-derived Soil Moisture Insights for a project that links climate conditions to pastoralist movements and conflict risks in...
- Spire Global faces NYSE noncompliance as contract momentum collides with reporting delay SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 On November 25 2025 Spire Global Inc received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange stating that the company is not in compliance with the exchange's continued listing standards beca...
- Spire and Planet expand satellite fleets on Transporter 15 mission SpaceDaily · 29 Nov 2025 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Spire Global Inc and Planet Labs PBC have each reported new satellite deployments on SpaceXs Transporter 15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, expanding...
- Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder Set for Launch Following Final Testing Phase SpaceDaily · 25 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. has completed environmental testing, calibration, and flight qualification for its Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) payload, which is now integrated into a Spire...
- Next-generation satellites from Spire Global prepared for SpaceX Falcon 9 Twilight mission SpaceDaily · 21 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2025 Spire Global has shipped nine satellites, designed and built in-house, to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for an upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 Twilight mission. This shipment compri...
- Spire Global closes stalled $241 million maritime sale SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2025 Satellite operator Spire Global has closed the $241 million sale of its commercial maritime tracking business to Belgian analytics provider Kpler, ending a legal dispute over the stalled transaction.
- Seeing the light: Cubesats share optical data SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2025 Colorado Springs — Within days of each other in late February and early March, the Aerospace Corp. and Spire Global announced similar breakthroughs: demonstrating optical intersatellite links between cubesats. News […]
- Spire demonstrates optical links between cubesats SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 Spire Global established two-way optical communications for the first time between two six-unit cubesats.
- Spire Global sues Kpler to complete maritime business sale SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2025 Spire Global has launched legal action to force Belgian analytics provider Kpler to complete its acquisition of the small satellite operator’s commercial ship-tracking business.
- Spire and OroraTech win Canadian Space Agency contract for wildfire detection satellites SpaceNews · 7 Feb 2025 The Canadian Space Agency awarded a contract Feb. 7 to Spire Global, partnered with OroraTech, to develop a constellation of cubesats to monitor wildfires.
- Theresa Condor, Spire Global – Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2025 In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Theresa Condor, CEO, Spire Global.
- Rocket Lab, Orora Technologies contract for “responsive launch” ahead of main 2025 wildfire season Spaceflight Now · 24 Jan 2025 The eight satellites will also fulfill a concept study contract awarded to OroraTech and Spire Global by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in October 2024. A specific launch date hasn't been announced, but Rocket Lab said...
- Spire Global offloads commercial maritime business for $241 million SpaceNews · 13 Nov 2024 Satellite operator Spire Global is selling its commercial ship-tracking business to an analytics provider to invest in other data markets and its hosted payload services.
- Canada’s Mission Control to demonstrate AI on Spire cubesat SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2024 MILAN – Spire Global and Canadian startup Mission Control announced plans Oct. 16 for Persistence, a technology demonstration mission focused on space-based artificial intelligence. “The Persistence mission will demonstr...
- Theresa Condor, COO, Spire Global – Leading Women in Space SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2024 In this episode of the SpaceNews Leading Women in Space series, correspondent Debra Werner speaks with Theresa Condor, Chief Operating Officer, Spire Global.
- Thales, Spire Global, and ESSP Announce Satellite Constellation for Air Traffic Surveillance The Launch Pad · 15 Jun 2024 Thales, Spire Global, and ESSP Announce Satellite Constellation for Air Traffic Surveillance
- Thales, Spire and ESSP to develop air traffic surveillance constellation SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2024 Thales, Spire Global and the European Satellite Services Provider announced a memorandum of cooperation June 13 to develop a satellite constellation dedicated to air traffic surveillance.
- Spire deploying space traffic management tools across fleet SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2024 Spire Global is adopting Portuguese software startup Neuraspace’s space traffic management services for the more than 100 small satellites it operates across low Earth orbit.
- Spire launches constellation management platform SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2023 Spire Global, a space-based data and services firm, has launched a web-based app designed to simplify satellite constellation operations for its customers.
- NASA expands purchase of commercial Earth-observation data with latest award SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2023 Airbus DS Geo, Capella Space, GHGSat, Maxar, PlanetiQ, Spire Global and Umbra were selected under the fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide Earth observation data and services in suppo...
- Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2023 Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire Global won contracts, announced Aug. 31, to design microwave sounders for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- GHGSat orders four more greenhouse gas monitoring cubesats from Spire SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2023 GHGSat has ordered another four 16U cubesats from Spire Global for a launch no earlier than 2024 to expand its greenhouse gas-monitoring constellation, the Canadian satellite operator announced Aug. 8.
- Spire to devise GNSS-independent aircraft tracking satellites for ESA SpaceNews · 25 Jul 2023 A Spire Global-led group has won European Space Agency funds to develop a satellite to demonstrate a civil aviation tracking constellation that would not rely on GPS, or any other global navigation satellite system vulne...
- OroraTech orders eight more wildfire-monitoring satellites SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2023 Germany’s OroraTech has ordered eight more thermal imaging satellites from Spire Global to expand its wildfire-monitoring constellation next year.
- BlackSky, Spire roll out space-based maritime tracking service SpaceNews · 24 May 2023 BlackSky and Spire Global announced May 24 they are offering a new monitoring service that tracks ships via satellites.
- Kleos Space, Spire Global get contract extensions from NRO SpaceNews · 3 Apr 2023 Kleos Space and Spire Global have been awarded contract extensions by the National Reconnaissance Office for commercial radio-frequency (RF) data, the companies announced April 3.
- Shay Har-Noy takes the helm at Edgybees SpaceNews · 29 Nov 2022 Shay Har-Noy, former Spire Global general manager for aviation and a former DigitalGlobe and Maxar Technologies vice president, has taken the helm at Edgybees, a company that specializes in aligning satellite and aerial...
- Spire Global reveals larger, new-gen 16U satellite bus SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2022 Spire Global has unveiled a new-generation satellite bus to meet demand for larger and more capable satellites.
- Spire selected to design satellite for DARPA experiment in very low orbit SpaceNews · 1 Nov 2022 DARPA selected Spire Global to design a small satellite for an experiment to study high-frequency radio signals in the upper layers of the atmosphere.
- NRO signs agreements with six commercial providers of space-based RF data SpaceNews · 28 Sep 2022 The NRO awarded study contracts to commercial RF providers Aurora Insight, HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, PredaSAR, Spire Global and Umbra Lab.
- GHGSat taps Spire to expand greenhouse gas monitoring constellation SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2022 Spire Global said Sept. 15 it will build three 16U cubesats launching in 2023 to expand Canadian greenhouse gas-monitoring operator GHGSat’s constellation.
- Spire to add ThrustMe propulsion to Lemur cubesats SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2022 Spire Global is adding propulsion to its multipurpose Lemur satellite constellation.
- Spire to host second optical payload for South Korea’s Hancom SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2022 Spire Global said Aug. 4 it will host a second Earth-imaging payload for Hancom InSpace, which became the first private South Korean company to operate a commercial satellite mission earlier this year.