Weather Stream’s GEMS data support weather forecasting, natural disaster response, defense operations, climate research, parametric insurance, and aviation planning.

GomSpace supplied the satellite bus for GEMS2-Amethyst.

GEMS2-Amethyst adds sensitivity to humidity and precipitation.

Weather Stream sells GEMS data to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Weather Stream launched GEMS2-Amethyst on March 30 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Weather Stream’s GEMS1 satellite became the first commercial microwave radiometer to operate in orbit in 2019.

GEMS2-Amethyst is projected to operate for three to five years.

GEMS2-Amethyst carries a dual-band passive microwave radiometer designed and built in-house by Weather Stream’s Boulder team.

Weather Stream Inc.’s GEMS2-Amethyst commercial meteorological satellite achieved first light and returned atmospheric observations from orbit for the first time.

Hydrosat’s thermal infrared sensors can detect surface temperature variations during the day, at night, and when conventional imagery is less effective.

Hydrosat says its constellation has acquired more than 500 million square kilometers of imagery.

Hydrosat Discovery Portal has an STAC-compliant catalog, cloud-optimized GeoTIFF delivery, and an API-first architecture.

Hydrosat Discovery Portal uses automated publishing and quality-control pipelines to provide datasets ready for analysis.

Hydrosat Discovery Portal reduces time-to-value for operational applications.

Hydrosat Discovery Portal provides a single access point for thermal images and analysis products derived from Hydrosat’s Earth surface temperature dataset.

Hydrosat’s analyses have an error margin of less than 2 kelvin.

Hydrosat is expanding its thermal infrared satellite constellation.

Hydrosat Discovery Portal lets customers explore, evaluate, and integrate information into their operational systems.

Scott Soenen is the chief technology officer of Hydrosat.

Hydrosat’s analyses can identify changes in land conditions up to two weeks earlier than conventional observation methods.

Hydrosat is building a digital infrastructure to distribute geospatial data and services to global customers.

Hydrosat has launched the Hydrosat Discovery Portal to simplify access to its thermal satellite imagery and AI-developed analyses.

ICEYE's Canada expansion is part of its strategy to expand its solutions in markets with high climate risk exposure.

ICEYE's product is now available in three major regions heavily affected by extreme wildfire events: the United States, Australia, and Canada.

ICEYE already operates its wildfire monitoring platform in the United States and Australia.

ICEYE’s wildfire monitoring solution uses a constellation of SAR satellites that can acquire images through smoke, cloud cover, and at night.

ICEYE already operated its wildfire monitoring platform in the United States and Australia before entering Canada.

ICEYE expanded its wildfire intelligence suite into Canada.

ICEYE develops geospatial intelligence services for insurance, government, defense, and natural disaster management markets.

ICEYE's wildfire monitoring solution provides near-real-time wildfire tracking and damage assessment down to the individual building level.

ICEYE's SAR satellites can acquire images through smoke, cloud cover, and at night.

ICEYE is a Finnish company that expands its wildfire intelligence suite in Canada.

ICEYE's wildfire monitoring service uses a satellite constellation equipped with synthetic aperture radar, or SAR.

ICEYE develops geospatial intelligence services for the insurance, government, defense, and natural disaster management markets.

ICEYE’s wildfire monitoring solution provides near-real-time wildfire tracking and damage assessment down to the individual building level.

ICEYE Canada extends the company’s wildfire product to a third major market.

Isar Aerospace stopped a second attempt at a second Spectrum flight in March after an unauthorised vessel entered the maritime danger zone.

Isar Aerospace is working toward its second Spectrum launch after the first test flight ended in less than a minute and crashed into the water near the launchpad.

In July 2025, the German government awarded Planet a €240 million multi-year contract to provide dedicated capacity from its Pelican satellites over specific European regions.

Planet Labs Germany and Isar Aerospace plan to complete the Pelican launch in less than 12 months.

Isar Aerospace scrubbed its first attempt at a second Spectrum flight in January because of a pressurisation valve problem.

Germany has committed €35 billion to space-related defence projects by 2030.

Planet Labs Germany selected Isar Aerospace to launch one of its Pelican Earth observation satellites on a Spectrum rocket.

The Planet Labs Germany and Isar Aerospace launch agreement includes provisions for additional satellites on future launches.

Planet planned to break ground on a new satellite manufacturing facility in Berlin in September 2025 to build Pelican satellites.

One goal of Germany’s space-related defence spending is to acquire reconnaissance capabilities.

Planet has a separate monitoring agreement with NATO signed in 2025.

Isar Aerospace abandoned attempts to launch Spectrum in April and June because of a leak in a composite overwrapped pressure vessel and off-nominal behaviour in the rocket’s fluid systems.

Asteria does not require preinstalled infrastructure to attach to orbital assets.

The ACO execution period will be negotiated case by case and is expected to last between one and two years.