Kuva Space is a Finnish New-Space startup that is building a hyperspectral satellite constellation for Earth observation. They aim to provide AI-driven insights and actionable data through their platform, focusing on land and water management, carbon emission monitoring, and climate action. Kuva Space has partnered with organizations like the ESA and the European Commission and their services cater to sectors like agriculture, security, and environmental monitoring. Key associated keywords include hyperspectral imaging, Earth observation, AI analytics, and satellite constellation.
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Kuva Space plans to offer daily hyperspectral monitoring by 2026.
On 2024-02-07, Kuva Space planned to establish Kuva Space US in Fairfax, Virginia.
Kuva Space raised 16,600,000 EUR ($17,600,000) in a Series A funding round last year.
Kuva Space plans to launch two hyperspectral imaging satellites in 2024.
Jerry Welsh, former Iceye US CEO, is leading Kuva Space's expansion into the U.S. market and its campaign to provide hyperspectral insights to U.S. government customers.
By 2030, Kuva Space aims to offer three daily views of sites.
Kuva Space is developing hyperspectral cameras with in-orbit tuning capability to adjust spectral bands for improved image quality.
Kuva Space subscription plans will offer customers daily hyperspectral monitoring in 2026 and three daily views in 2030.
Kuva Space plans to deploy as many as 100 satellites by 2030 offering spatial resolution better than 10 m per pixel.
Kuva Space won a 5,000,000 EUR contract from the European Commission to provide hyperspectral data as a Copernicus Contributing Mission.
Kuva Space raised 16,600,000 EUR ($17,600,000) in a Series A funding round.
Kuva Space plans to establish a business development organization in the United States.
Kuva Space operates a commercial microsatellite constellation equipped with a patented hyperspectral camera capable of capturing scientific-grade data at scale.
Kuva Space has raised €6.5M in total funding from Reaktor Ventures, Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and public funding from ESA Philab and Business Finland.
Kuva Space aims to deploy up to 100 satellites by 2030 to measure the material composition of targets on Earth on a sub-daily basis.
Kuva Space planned to launch the Hyperfield-1 microsatellite in November 2023 and four Gen 2 microsatellites in 2024 as the initial stage of its constellation.
Kuva Space operates a commercial microsatellite constellation equipped with a patented hyperspectral camera capable of capturing scientific-grade data on crop types, crop health, soil conditions, biomass, biodiversity, and marine chemical pollutants at scale.
Kuva Space won a 5,000,000 EUR European Commission contract to supply hyperspectral data to the Copernicus Contributing Mission program on 2023-06-19 under a five-year agreement.
Kuva Space plans to launch four microsatellites in 2024.
Kuva Space developed and demonstrated AI-based capabilities for hyperspectral data processing and analytics using hyperspectral data from scientific satellites.