Hypersat is a geospatial analytics service provider that specializes in high-resolution hyperspectral satellite imagery for various sectors, including government, defense, oil, mining, and forestry. The company aims to deliver detailed hyperspectral information and analysis for critical decision-making. Hypersat was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.
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Virgin Orbit took a 17.5% stake in Hypersat, a Virginia-based geospatial analytics company developing a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites that will be launched by Virgin Orbit.
Virgin Orbit acquired a 17.5 percent stake in hyperspectral Earth-imaging company Hypersat.
Hypersat used Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket plane to launch six hyperspectral satellites.
Creotech Instruments will build and deliver three satellite platforms fully based on the company’s original HyperSat standard as part of the PIAST project.
The three PIAST nanosatellites will be based on Creotech Instruments’ HyperSat standard originally developed for the microsatellite market targeting spacecraft between 10 and 120 kg.
Virgin Orbit will launch the first hyperspectral satellite for QinetiQ and HyperSat on a LauncherOne rocket in 2023.
On 2021-04-21, Virgin Orbit signed QinetiQ and HyperSat as a customer to launch a constellation of six hyperspectral satellites.
Hypersat awarded a design-phase contract to QinetiQ Inc. for its next-generation hyperspectral satellite.
Since acquiring the NOAA license, HyperSat has surveyed the market, conducted engineering studies, and developed its satellite bus and payload.
HyperSat LLC emerged from stealth in September to announce it raised $85,000,000 to launch two high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites in 2020.
HyperSat is negotiating with launch providers to send its spacecraft into low Earth orbit at altitudes between 500 and 600 km.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded HyperSat a license in 2016 to provide hyperspectral data to the U.S. government at four-meter resolution and to commercial customers at ten-meter resolution.