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GHGSat announced today that it had awarded a contract to Spire to build, launch and operate four new 16U high-resolution emissions monitoring satellites.
Read More »GHGSat Orders Four More Emissions Monitoring Satellites from Spire
Spire’s ExactEarth to Support WildFireSat Mission
Spire Global announced that their subsidiary ExactEarth, based in Cambridge, Ontario, has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to “deliver preparatory work for implementation phases of a wildfire monitoring satellite” for the delayed WildFireSat mission.
Read More »Spire Global Satellites Will Host Three GHGSat Payloads
GHGSat has signed a deal with Spire Global to host at least three methane-tracking payloads. The deal, announced at the World Satellite Business Week, will have GHGSat move away (at least partially) from their previous strategy of owning their own satellites, and shift towards putting payloads onto Spire satellites. Spire will be launching three 16U satellites in 2023 that will each carry one of GHGSat’s payloads.
Read More »Spire Global to use Kepler Communications Aether-KU payload on up to 50 satellites
While Kepler Communications continues to build out its own satellite communication constellation in low Earth orbit, it's beginning to add customers who want to use the Aether-KU communications payload product line on their own satellites. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Spire Global to test Kepler’s Aether communication terminal and service
Toronto’s Kepler Communications announced on Thursday that they have signed a contract to test their ÆTHER in-space communications network with Spire Global, a “leading global provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services.” Spire will be hosting Kepler’s ÆTHER terminal aboard an upcoming Spire nanosat that will be launching in late 2022, shortly following ÆTHER testing on two of Kepler’s own satellites next year.
Read More »exactEarth to be acquired by Spire Global
When exactEarth announced its quarterly earnings today it came with the added surprise that the company was being acquired Spire Global. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
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