Spire Global Successfully Launched 11 Satellites on SpaceX’s Transporter-9 Mission
November 11 2023 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Ten of the satellites will serve missions for
Space Services customers, marking the most satellites launched for
Spire’s Space as a Service business on a single launch
The Spire-built satellites will serve missions
focused on Earth observation, connectivity and radio frequency
intelligence covering frequencies across VHF, X,S, L band, Ka and
Ku band
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a
leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space
services, successfully launched eleven satellites on the SpaceX
Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, including
ten satellites for Space Services customers and one for Spire’s
data and analytics solutions.
Spire Achieves Milestone with Largest Number of Space
Services Customers on Single Launch
Spire Space Services allows organizations to deploy and scale
their own satellite constellation at maximum speed and reliably,
all through a subscription model that eliminates the high upfront
cost of building and maintaining infrastructure in space.
Onboard the launch, Spire Space Services had satellites for:
- GHGSat: Spire launched three satellites carrying
payloads to monitor greenhouse gas emissions for GHGSat, including
the first commercial CO2 sensor and two sensors dedicated to
methane monitoring. This innovation marks the beginning in
frequent, precise and independent high-resolution CO2 data
collection, revolutionizing carbon emissions monitoring.
- HiSky: Ella 1, a satellite designed to showcase the
capabilities of hiSky’sSmartellite™ ground network, also launched
on the mission. The satellite will demonstrate hiSky network’s
ability to switch between geostationary (GEO) satellites and low
Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, allowing them to offer low data rate
connectivity for IoT and high data rate connectivity for
substantial data transfers.
- Jacobs: Spire launched two satellites for Jacobs, a
leader in advanced manufacturing, critical infrastructure, health
& life sciences and national security. Jacobs has developed and
is delivering cost-effective and resilient radio frequency (RF)
signal detection and processing systems through Jacobs Mango Series
Payload (MSP) as part of an integrated system with Spire. Jacobs
embarked on its space payload vision in 2018, and has rapidly
achieved space qualification of their space radar systems. Jacobs’
agile design methodology provides maximum payload flexibility
ensuring advanced, affordable space radar solutions.
- SNC: Spire also launched the Vindlér satellite
constellation consisting of four satellites carrying radio
frequency (RF) technology for SNC. Vindlér is designed to detect
and geolocate specific objects from LEO based on targeted RF
emissions ranging from VHF to L-band. Vindlér can be used to locate
emitters of interest throughout the world and can be used to track
dark vessels, GPS jammers and more in support of national security
efforts.
"This launch marks a milestone for us, hosting the largest
number of Space Services customers on a single mission to date,"
said Frank Frulio, the general manager of Space Services at Spire.
"Rather than viewing space as an escape from Earth's challenges, we
see it as a source of invaluable insights and data for addressing
our planet's most pressing issues. Through Spire Space Services,
we're streamlining space access so that any organization can tap
into the benefits of space-based data."
Spire Enhances Data Collection and Analysis
LEMUR 2 NANAZ was launched as part of the mission, showcasing
Spire's capability to track and gather information from terrestrial
and space-based signals emitted by Next-Generation
Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO) broadband internet
constellations. It aims to harvest data for in-depth analyses of Ku
and Ka-band spectrum usage across diverse applications, regions,
and markets, identifying specific activities and behavioral
patterns. The payload validates Spire's radio frequency monitoring
technology, extending signal collection up to 30GHz with enhanced
capabilities.
The ten customer satellites were manifested on the mission
through a multi-launch agreement between Spire and Exolaunch, which
includes access to the Transporter missions through Exolaunch’s
long-term launch arrangements with SpaceX. Under this agreement,
Exolaunch is also providing its EXOpod Nova deployer, which was
developed in collaboration with Spire. Spire’s LEMUR 2 NANAZ was
manifested on the mission through D-Orbit onboard their OTV ION
Satellite Carrier (“ION”) for last mile orbital transfer.
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a global provider of space-based data,
analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful
insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with
confidence in a rapidly changing world. Spire builds, owns, and
operates a fully deployed satellite constellation that observes the
Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The data
acquired by Spire’s satellites provides global weather
intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming
detection to better predict how their patterns impact economies,
global security, business operations and the environment. Spire
also offers Space as a Service solutions that empower customers to
leverage its established infrastructure to put their business in
space. Spire has nine offices across the U.S., Canada, UK,
Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore. To learn more, visit
spire.com.
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