PlanetiQ, founded in 2012, is a weather and climate data service provider in the space industry. They operate a constellation of small satellites equipped with proprietary "Pyxis" GPS Radio Occultation (GPS-RO) sensors to collect atmospheric data. PlanetiQ provides high-resolution weather data for improved forecasting, climate monitoring, and space weather prediction, and their customers include organizations like NOAA, who utilize their data for weather forecasting and atmospheric research.
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PlanetIQ plans to launch 18 to 20 radio occultation satellites between mid-2020 and mid-2022 to fill out its constellation.
NOAA awarded contracts in 2018 to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire as part of its second Commercial Weather Data Pilot.
PlanetIQ has raised $18,700,000 and holds contracts from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force.
PlanetiQ has raised $23,900,000 in total funding.
PlanetiQ previously planned to launch 12 small satellites in 2016 and 2017.
New Science Ventures and AV8 Ventures led PlanetiQ’s $18,700,000 Series B financing round.
PlanetiQ received a $3,500,000 contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of a commercial weather data pilot program.
PlanetiQ completed an $18,700,000 Series B financing round on 2019-07-19.
PlanetiQ secured $18,700,000 in new capital to enable its constellation of commercial weather satellites to start launching in January.
PlanetiQ reduced its satellite design to under 20 kg in 2015 when it selected Blue Canyon Technologies as its manufacturing partner.
PlanetiQ plans to launch the subsequent 18 satellites later in 2020 and into 2021.
PlanetiQ will use ground stations from KSAT and Atlas Space Operations to communicate with its satellites.
NOAA awarded contracts with a combined value of more than $8,000,000 in 2018 to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire Global under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot to provide GNSS radio occultation data.
NOAA is in the second round of its Commercial Weather Data Pilot program with contracts awarded in September 2018 to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire.
GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire are providing GPS radio occultation data that measure the refraction of GPS signals to produce temperature and pressure profiles for weather forecasting models.
In September, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded more than $8,000,000 to GeoOptics, PlanetiQ, and Spire to provide GPS radio occultation data from current or planned constellations.
PlanetIQ received a $3,500,000 contract in round two and is based in Golden, Colorado.
NOAA issued contracts to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire to provide GPS radio occultation weather data from satellites currently in orbit or planned for launch in the coming months.
PlanetIQ had not launched any satellites at the time of the contracts, while its website states a plan to have 12 microsatellites on orbit by early 2018.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded more than $8,000,000 in contracts on 2018-09-17 to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire in the second round of its Commercial Weather Data Pilot program.