Spire Global Awarded Contract Under European Space Agency’s NAVISP Element 2 Program
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has secured a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) under the NAVISP Element 2 Program to develop advanced geolocation signal processing tools. This initiative aims to enhance the detection and characterization of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) interferences originating from Earth. Utilizing Spire's nanosatellite technology, the project will address vulnerabilities in position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, which are crucial for various national infrastructures. The initiative seeks to bolster competitiveness in the global satellite navigation market.
- Awarded a contract with the European Space Agency, enhancing credibility and visibility.
- Development of geolocation signal processing tools could lead to new revenue streams.
- Utilization of existing nanosatellite technology reduces development costs.
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Company to develop flexible geolocation signal processing tools
NAVISP Element 2 emphasizes maintaining and improving the capability and competitiveness of the position, navigation, and timing (PNT) industry and its technologies and services in the global satellite navigation market. In recent years, PNT services have become ubiquitous and are currently relied upon by numerous applications, including key elements of critical national infrastructure such as telecommunications, emergency services, energy, finance, food, and transport. The GNSS signals utilized in these applications are vulnerable to interference, which can disrupt PNT services.
Drawing from Spire's expertise in space-based infrastructure and GNSS, the project will develop a suite of geolocation signal collection and processing techniques (including single and multi-satellite) to detect and characterise signals collected from a variety of expected interference scenarios.
“Satellite-derived position, navigation, and timing signals underpin services such as banking and transportation, as well as almost all the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (including energy, policing, and healthcare) and defense operations,” says the United Kingdom’s 2021 National Space Strategy. “Space capabilities are already central to many basic safety-critical civil functions, and this dependency on space will only increase.”
“In order to maintain the continuity of applications reliant on PNT services, we recognized a need for a more proactive monitoring solution for sources of interference,” said
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About NAVISP Element 2
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