Orbital Micro Systems (now known as Weather Stream) is a satellite operator that spun out of the University of Colorado Center for Environmental Technology in 2015. The company specializes in developing and manufacturing miniaturized microwave radiometer technology, specifically the Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) family, for improved global weather forecasting. Their services cater to sectors that require weather observation and climate insights, providing Earth observation data to commercial and government entities. OMS has partnered with organizations like AAC Clyde Space, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force.
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Orbital Micro Systems was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Other Transaction Authority agreement by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency.
Orbital Micro Systems received a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA).
On 2023-08-31, NASA awarded contracts to Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems, and Spire Global to design microwave sounders for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Orbital Micro Systems received a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA).
Orbital Micro Systems will perform market research for the Department of Defense regarding the potential to export its technology portfolio to countries that have signed defense cooperation treaties or agreements with the United States.
Orbital Micro Systems develops and delivers remote sensing technologies for space, air, sea, and land applications.
Orbital Micro Systems’ first cubesat was deployed from the International Space Station in 2019.
Orbital Micro Systems is preparing to launch an updated version of its GEMS satellite called GEMS2 in 2022 with microwave radiometers designed and manufactured by OMS with support from the U.S. Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Lockheed Martin, and the UK Space Agency.
Orbital Micro Systems and UK technology firm Thomas Keating Ltd agreed on 2021-10-05 to jointly fund design, development, and testing of millimeter-wave instruments for commercial weather satellites.
Orbital Micro Systems launched the first commercial cubesat equipped with a microwave radiometer in 2019.
Orbital Micro Systems won a $1,800,000 contract to provide weather data for a U.S. Air Force pilot program.
The $31,000,000 Lockheed Martin award includes funding for a technology demonstration cubesat for Orbital Micro Systems.