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Spire adding microwave sounders to improve weather forecasts
SpaceNews · 20 Jul 2022
Spire Global said July 20 it plans to improve its weather forecast services by fitting future smallsats in its fleet with microwave sounders from RAL Space, the British government’s national laboratory.
Spire Global adding high-capacity Ku-band antennas to satellites
SpaceNews · 10 May 2022
Spire Global said May 10 it is installing Ku-band antennas from fellow smallsat operator Kepler Communications on at least three satellites to offer higher capacity data services beginning next year.
Kepler plots relay network to serve thousands of satellite terminals
SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2021
Kepler Communications plans to use a Spire Global nanosatellite launching late next year to test a terminal it hopes to someday deploy by the thousands to create a mesh network of data-relay satellites.
Spire CEO sees vast potential market for space data
SpaceNews · 10 Nov 2021
Spire Global CEO Peter Platzer expects commercial and government demand for space data and analytics to surge in the coming years, offering enormous growth potential for the firm, which began trading shares publicly in A...
Spire Global data to feed maritime-traffic algorithms
SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2021
LatConnect 60 will feed Spire Global Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel-tracking data into algorithms the Australian Earth-observation startup is developing with Curtin University to prevent maritime collisions...
Spire and SpaceChain announce on-orbit blockchain demonstration
SpaceNews · 28 Sep 2021
Spire Global is working with SpaceChain, a company focused on space applications for blockchain technology, to demonstrate the technology in space and to highlight benefits and challenges.
Spire snaps up exactEarth in first acquisition as a public company
SpaceNews · 14 Sep 2021
Newly listed small satellite constellation operator Spire Global is buying Canadian ship-tracking company exactEarth in its first major acquisition, inflating expectations of more space consolidation amid a surge of comp...
Spire Global’s shares slip after first day of trading
SpaceNews · 17 Aug 2021
Shares in Spire Global, the small satellite constellation operator, closed down 5.2% to $9.41 at the end of its first day as a public company Aug. 17.
Astra announces launch contract with Spire
SpaceNews · 12 Aug 2021
Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space announced Aug. 12 it has a contract with Spire Global to launch some of that company’s smallsats.
Spire Global joins rush to public markets with $1.6 billion SPAC deal
SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2021
Satellite operator Spire Global has unveiled the space-powered Big Data market’s second SPAC deal in just over a week, as the rush to public markets accelerates across commercial space sectors.
NOAA expands purchase of commercial radio occultation data for weather models
SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced plans Feb. 19 to dramatically expand the number of daily radio occultation soundings it acquires from commercial satellites operated by GeoOptics and Spire Gl...
Spire raises funding from European Investment Bank
SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2020
Spire Global has raised 20 million euros ($24 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB), part of a growing effort by European agencies to support space startups.
GeoOptics and Spire Global win NOAA weather data contracts
SpaceNews · 23 Nov 2020
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded its first contracts Nov. 20 to purchase radio occultation data from commercial satellite operators to GeoOptics and Spire Global.