Spire Global Awarded $1.7 Million NOAA Contract to Deliver Space Weather Data
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has secured a $1.7 million contract with NOAA to provide near real-time radio occultation data for its space weather forecast models. This follows an earlier $8 million award aimed at increasing the number of RO profiles provided. The new contract reflects Spire's ongoing contribution to NOAA's studies on ionospheric conditions vital for sectors like aviation and navigation, demonstrating the impact of commercial data on weather modeling. Spire, maintaining a constellation of over 100 satellites, is the leading source of radio occultation data.
- Secured a $1.7 million contract with NOAA for radio occultation data.
- Previously awarded an $8 million contract to increase RO profiles from 3,000 to 5,500.
- Demonstrates ongoing partnership with NOAA since 2016, showcasing value of commercial satellite data.
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Spire’s data will be used to demonstrate the quality and impact of commercial data on NOAA’s space weather forecast models
“NOAA’s focus on space weather data has allowed commercial providers opportunities to showcase the growing quality and impact their data can have on ionospheric weather models and applications,” said
The award, valued at
Spire has provided data to
With a fully-deployed constellation of more than 100 satellites, Spire is the largest producer of radio occultation data and offers a vast portfolio of current weather, historical weather data, and weather forecasts solutions.
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Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering access to unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy, and speed. Spire uses one of the world’s largest multipurpose satellite constellations to source hard to acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions. Spire then provides this data as a subscription to organizations around the world so they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage, and mitigate risk. Spire gives commercial and government organizations the competitive advantage they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s toughest problems with insights from space. Spire has offices in
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