Pixxel is an Indian private space technology company and spacecraft manufacturer that specializes in hyperspectral imaging. They are building a constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites designed to capture data across a wide spectrum of light, enabling detailed analysis of Earth's surface for applications in agriculture, environmental monitoring, and more. Pixxel has partnerships with organizations like ISRO, SpaceX, and NASA, and their services include satellite manufacturing and an Earth observation studio called Aurora, providing AI-informed analysis of satellite data.
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Pixxel was founded in 2019 by Awais Ahmed to build a hyperspectral satellite constellation and sell data for monitoring ecosystems affected by climate change.
Pixxel's Firefly constellation features more than 150 bands with ~5 m resolution and aims for daily revisits.
Messium's network will use capacity from various commercial hyperspectral data providers including Wyvern, Planet, Pixxel, Open Cosmos, and Esper.
Pixxel has raised a total of $95,000,000 across all funding rounds to date.
Pixxel’s Series B funding totals $60,000,000 after the extension round.
Pixxel will expand its software offerings using the funding, including Aurora, its AI-driven Earth Observation platform.
Pixxel closed $24,000,000 in additional funding as part of its Series B round.
Pixxel’s hyperspectral satellites are designed to deliver spectral fingerprinting of the Earth that reveals details invisible to conventional imaging methods.
Pixxel’s hyperspectral satellites are designed to capture data across more than 250 spectral bands at 5 m spatial resolution.
Pixxel's Chief Commercial Officer Akash Parekh reported that Pixxel uses AWS and its own sandbox platform to make hyperspectral imagery access easier for customers while providing data and tooling rather than downstream analysis services.
Pixxel normally manages hyperspectral data interpretation in 72 hours, handles most requests in about 6 hours, and can manage interpretation down to 30 minutes when demand exists.
Pixxel raised USD 36 million in Series B funding last year from Google, Lightspeed, and other investors.
Pixxel launched the demonstration satellites Shakuntala and Anand aboard SpaceX and PSLV rockets, respectively, in 2022.
Pixxel won an iDEX grant to build a satellite bus for the Indian Air Force.
The Fireflies have a five-meter spatial resolution that is higher than the resolution of Pixxel’s demonstration satellites Shakuntala and Anand launched in 2022.
Pixxel has raised USD 71 million in total since its founding in 2018.
Pixxel plans to launch six heavier satellites called Honeybees next year to complete a 24-satellite constellation with the ability to revisit any location on Earth within a 24-hour cycle.
Pixxel is working to launch six additional satellites in 2024 and 18 further satellites by 2025 to build a comprehensive planetary health-monitoring constellation.
Pixxel has raised US$71,000,000 in funding to date.
Users can acquire Pixxel’s hyperspectral dataset through European Space Imaging in addition to optical and SAR imagery from EUSI as a single source.