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Hypersat

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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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McLean, Virginia, United States
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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.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Dec 27, 2021Virgin Orbit investing in startups as SPAC merger wraps up

Virgin Orbit acquired a 17.5 percent stake in hyperspectral Earth-imaging company Hypersat.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 17, 2021Forrester’s Digest: An Unusual Move For SpaceX / Virgin Orbit Investments / Intelsat Creditor Settlements

Hypersat used Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket plane to launch six hyperspectral satellites.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 17, 2021Forrester’s Digest: An Unusual Move For SpaceX / Virgin Orbit Investments / Intelsat Creditor Settlements

Creotech Instruments will build and deliver three satellite platforms fully based on the company’s original HyperSat standard as part of the PIAST project.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.2Oct 19, 2021The First Commercial Order For Creotech’s HyperSat Smallsat Platform Is Received

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Oct 19, 2021Polish Armed Forces enlist industry consortium for imaging nanosatellites

Virgin Orbit will launch the first hyperspectral satellite for QinetiQ and HyperSat on a LauncherOne rocket in 2023.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.5May 7, 2021Virgin Orbit schedules next LauncherOne mission for June

On 2021-04-21, Virgin Orbit signed QinetiQ and HyperSat as a customer to launch a constellation of six hyperspectral satellites.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.6May 7, 2021Virgin Orbit schedules next LauncherOne mission for June

Hypersat awarded a design-phase contract to QinetiQ Inc. for its next-generation hyperspectral satellite.

RelationshipsValue 4.4Apr 22, 2021QuinetiQ To Lead Hypersat’s Hyperspectral Satellite Design Development

Since acquiring the NOAA license, HyperSat has surveyed the market, conducted engineering studies, and developed its satellite bus and payload.

LegalCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 5, 2018HyperSat reveals hyperspectral plans

HyperSat LLC emerged from stealth in September to announce it raised $85,000,000 to launch two high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites in 2020.

FinancialPlanCapabilityGrowthValue 4.3Oct 5, 2018HyperSat reveals hyperspectral plans

HyperSat is negotiating with launch providers to send its spacecraft into low Earth orbit at altitudes between 500 and 600 km.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.8Oct 5, 2018HyperSat reveals hyperspectral plans

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.

LegalRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Oct 5, 2018HyperSat reveals hyperspectral plans
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