Spire Global Awarded $6 Million NASA Contract Extension for Earth Observation Data
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has received a 12-month, $6 million contract extension from NASA to continue its participation in the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. Since 2018, Spire has provided critical Earth observation data, including GNSS Grazing Angle Reflectometry and GNSS radio occultation, to improve weather forecasting and monitor climate change. This extension reaffirms the partnership between Spire and NASA, enhancing the availability of valuable data for U.S. government agencies and researchers.
- Awarded a $6 million contract extension from NASA for continued participation in the CSDA Program.
- Continues to deliver essential Earth observation data to improve weather forecasting and monitor climate change.
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Spire has provided reflectometry, radio occultation and other Earth observation data to NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program since 2018
Spire will continue to deliver a comprehensive catalog of Earth observation data, associated metadata, and ancillary information from its constellation of 100+ multipurpose satellites. The data provided will include:
- Surface data, Spire’s GNSS Grazing Angle Reflectometry data (GNSS-R), to measure sea ice extent, classification and altimetry, soil moisture, and ocean surface wind speed;
- Atmospheric data, Spire’s GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) soundings, for weather forecast models to improve global weather forecasting accuracy;
- Space weather offering measurements of electron density and scintillation that allow researchers to monitor the ionosphere as well as prepare for and react to weather events in space; and
- Domain awareness including satellite state vector, altitude and precise orbit determination (POD) data to correct errors in orbital drag models.
Spire’s data will be available for scientific purposes to all federal agencies, NASA-funded researchers, and
“The CSDA Program offers Earth observation data that is critical to the efforts of
NASA launched the CSDA Program in 2017 for the purpose of acquiring commercial datasets that support NASA’s Earth science research and application goals. Commercial datasets provide a cost-effective means to augment the suite of Earth observations acquired by NASA, other
“NASA is continuing our relationship with
Spire will provide rolling access to 12 months of radio occultation data with a 30-day latency. This data will be archived and maintained by NASA under the CSDA Program’s Smallsat Data Explorer (SDX) database. Federal agencies and
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