Spire Global to Launch Five Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) announced the launch of five satellites on SpaceX's upcoming Transporter-5 Mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch marks a significant milestone for Spire's Space Services, featuring payloads from customers including Myriota and HANCOM inSPACE. These satellites will enhance global IoT services and support defense technology demonstrations. This launch is the largest group of Space Services customers on a single mission, showcasing Spire's growing influence in space-based data and analytics.
- Launch of five satellites, indicating strong demand for Spire's Space Services.
- Collaboration with Myriota to enhance global IoT coverage, demonstrating operational success.
- DASA program funding for technology demonstration signals strong government interest.
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Launch will include three satellites and hosted payloads for Space Services, the company’s Space-as-a-Service (SPaaS) business
Spire satellites are manifested on the
Spire Space Services, the company’s Space-as-a-Service (SPaaS) business, will have satellites and hardware onboard the launch for:
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HANCOM inSPACE, initially a spin-off by
Korea Aerospace Research Institute and now a part ofHANCOM Group , will host an optical payload on a Spire 6U satellite. This will be the first commercial satellite mission for a private South Korean company. - Myriota, a provider of global Internet of Things (IoT) service from satellites, will use software-defined radios onboard three Spire satellites to quickly and cost-effectively scale its network to offer global, low-latency IoT coverage. Last year, Myriota deployed its software on existing Spire satellites to expand its IoT coverage in a matter of weeks.
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Spire will also launch two 3U satellites that will support the demonstration of radio frequency (RF) signals detection and geolocation of L-Band frequencies. The technology demonstration was funded by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), part of the
UK Ministry of Defence .
“The upcoming launch is an exciting moment with the most Space Services customers on board a single launch to date,” said
Spire Space Services offers fast and scalable access to space through a subscription model that eliminates the high upfront cost of building and maintaining infrastructure in space. Commercial and government organizations can deploy and operate a constellation of satellites, a hosted payload, or a software application in space with Spire’s infrastructure.
“Working with Spire Space Services is allowing us to rapidly scale the Myriota Network to meet the high demand for IoT services,” said Dr.
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Spire will also launch two replenishment satellites to support its data solutions business, which encompasses the tracking of maritime, aviation, and weather activity from space. These satellites are equipped with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) sensors to collect radio occultation and other weather product data.
Spire satellites are 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
Spire will launch additional satellites on
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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 multi-purpose 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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