Spire Global will provide the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration with radio occultation data to support its weather forecasts, climate research and other agency efforts. The company said Monday that data delivery will run for eight months under an award made through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for NOAA's Commercial Weather Data Program's Radio Occultation Data Buy II acquisition.

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Spire Global‘s U.S. subsidiary will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research the use of global navigation satellite system reflectometry observations to gauge ocean surface wind and other characteristics. Work is under a Commercial Weather Data Pilot OSW contract supported by NOAA’s Commercial Data Program, the Office of Space Commerce said Monday. Spire Global […] More

Spire Global's U.S. subsidiary will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research the use of global navigation satellite system reflectometry observations to gauge ocean surface wind and other characteristics. Work is under a Commercial Weather Data Pilot OSW contract supported by NOAA’s Commercial Data Program. More

Spire Global will vie with three other companies in the study phase of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competition that aims to develop a radiometer for the observation of the Earth’s atmosphere. The company said Thursday it will seek to advance a microwave sounder for NOAA’s Near-Earth Orbit Network program through the $4.6 million Microwave-Based […] More

Spire Global will vie with three other companies in the study phase of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competition that aims to develop a radiometer for the observation of the Earth’s atmosphere. The company will seek to advance a microwave sounder for NOAA’s Near-Earth Orbit Network program through the Microwave-Based Applications Phase-A study contract from NASA. More

Spire Global will participate in the fourth phase of a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency competition that aims to advance novel geomagnetic data collection methodologies to measure Earth’s magnetic field. The company said Wednesday it will work on the design, development and launch of a satellite with a diamond quantum magnetometer system from SBQuantum to gather geomagnetic […] More

NASA issued a 12-month extension on Spire Global’s contract to support the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program. The $6.5 million award for contract renewal involves collection and sharing of global navigation satellite system data to enhance weather forecasting, the company said Wednesday. Since 2018, Spire has been delivering comprehensive Earth observation data, ancillary information and […] More

Spire Global will continue providing the National Reconnaissance Office with commercial radio frequency remote sensing data under the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement framework.  NRO exercised two options and extended Spire contract through March 1, 2025, the space-based data and analytics company said Monday.  The agency will continue to utilize Spire’s capacity to evaluate […] More

Spire Global has landed a position on a potential $59 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for satellite weather data. Spire will compete for orders to provide NOAA with real-time radio occultation data that consists of vertical profiles of atmospheric measurements, which will be utilized for NOAA’s weather forecast, model and […] More

Spire Global has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform preliminary satellite design work for a program aimed at bringing ionospheric data-gathering sensors to very low-Earth orbit. Contract work is part of the Ouija program, DARPA’s new effort to understand the propagation of high-frequency radio waves within the ionized part […] More

Spire Global has secured a contract extension from NASA and supported an agency technology demonstration effort to acquire soil moisture data from space for use in agricultural production forecasting and flood prediction. The company said Tuesday it specifically collected ultra high frequency and P-band data needed to inform the SigNals Opportunity: P-band Investigation mission. A Purdue University […] More

Spire Global has booked a $9.9 million order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deliver commercial radio occultation satellite weather data to the agency in support of the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. The fifth and final delivery order was awarded under an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for purchasing vertical atmospheric temperature […] More