Spire Global to Launch the First Commercial Space Situational Awareness Satellite Constellation for NorthStar Earth & Space
09 Januar 2024 - 12:45PM
Business Wire
The 'Four of a Kind’ dedicated mission from
Rocket Lab will deliver four SSA satellites, fully built and
operated by Spire, to low Earth orbit
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a
global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services,
today announced the dedicated launch mission of four satellites for
Space Situational Awareness provider, NorthStar Earth & Space.
The ‘Four of a Kind’ mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than
January 18 between 19:15-20:00 NZT (January 18 between 06:15-07:00
UTC) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The Company
will livestream the launch on YouTube (@spire-global).
"The upcoming launch of the first commercial space situational
awareness constellation for NorthStar symbolizes more than just a
technological achievement; it's a reflection of our shared
dedication to addressing sustainability in space,” said Peter
Platzer, Spire Global CEO. “Through our Space as a Service model,
we’ve removed the barriers of building a business in space so that
companies like NorthStar can create new ‘firsts’ and quickly bring
to market solutions to address our biggest challenges on Earth and
in space. We look forward to the success of this mission and the
positive impact it will make on advancing our understanding of
space.”
Built and operated by Spire, the mission will deliver the first
of NorthStar’s space situational awareness (SSA) satellites to low
Earth orbit (LEO). NorthStar is the first commercial SSA provider
to actively scan and monitor space from space. The satellites will
monitor all near-Earth orbits, delivering an enhanced level of SSA
services to the global satellite community, with timely and precise
information for space object detection, tracking, orbit
determination, collision avoidance, navigation and proximity
alerts.
“NorthStar is proud to be working with like-minded leaders at
Rocket Lab and Spire. Our success is rooted in this collaboration.
We are working together to make significant contributions to the
sustainability of space, and this first launch of NorthStar's
transformational space-based SSA services is only the beginning.
NorthStar's SSA services will provide unparalleled coverage in
tracking resident space objects to enable enhanced decision making
by satellite operators," said Stewart Bain, NorthStar CEO. "Making
contributions that will benefit future generations is meaningful
and fulfilling. I hope this event will inspire more young people to
join our movement to make a positive difference.”
“To launch an advanced mission like this with Spire as a mission
partner is a real privilege, as they were on our very first orbital
mission in 2018,” said Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck. “To
be partnered up again and both still pushing boundaries with new
technology and capabilities all these years later is a great full
circle moment.”
The launch will mark Spire’s first dedicated launch and its 39th
launch campaign. Since its founding, the Company has designed,
built and launched more than 170 satellites.
For launch updates, follow Spire Global on X(Twitter) and
LinkedIn.
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a global provider of space-based data,
analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful
insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with
confidence in a rapidly changing world. Spire builds, owns, and
operates a fully deployed satellite constellation that observes the
Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The data
acquired by Spire’s satellites provides global weather
intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming
detection to better predict how their patterns impact economies,
global security, business operations and the environment. Spire
also offers Space as a Service solutions that empower customers to
leverage its established infrastructure to put their business in
space. Spire has nine offices across the U.S., Canada, UK,
Luxembourg, Germany and Singapore. To learn more, visit
spire.com.
About NorthStar:
NorthStar Earth & Space was founded in 2015 by Telesystem,
based in Montreal, and KinetX, a specialized engineering firm
located in Arizona. It has 70 employees, including 50 in Canada.
NorthStar is the first commercial service to monitor near-Earth
orbits from space.
NorthStar’s precise information services identify and anticipate
the position of space objects to enhance spaceflight safety. With
headquarters in Montreal, Canada, a European headquarters in
Luxembourg, and a dedicated US operation in McLean, Virginia,
NorthStar addresses the ever-growing threat of space collisions as
a major contribution to empower humanity to preserve our
planet.
For more information about NorthStar, visit
northstar-data.com.
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