Hydrosat is a climate tech company and a geospatial data analytics provider that specializes in delivering satellite imagery and data analytics, particularly high-resolution thermal infrared imagery, to measure water stress and climate impact. They plan to operate a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit to provide global coverage. Hydrosat's primary focus is on creating irrigation and crop management solutions to help governments preserve water while increasing farmers' crop yields, and their customers include agribusinesses, government entities like the US Air Force and NRO, and organizations such as the ESA. Key applications include crop yield forecasting and irrigation management.
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In July 2020 Hydrosat received a €3.735 million contract from the European Space Agency to develop an operational processor for agriculture covering crop yield estimations and irrigation decision support applications.
Hydrosat received $798,519 in SBIR grants from the U.S. Air Force to use LEO thermal imagery with higher resolution and a faster repeat cycle to provide improved and more up-to-date information for flight planners.
Hydrosat expects to launch its first sensor aboard a SpaceX rocket in 2022-10-01 with Loft Orbital serving as the satellite bus provider and integration partner.
Hydrosat raised a $5,000,000 seed round led by Cultivation Capital, bringing its total funding to date to over $10,000,000.
Hydrosat is flying a multi-spectral and thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2022.
Hydrosat plans to launch 16 additional satellites to scan the globe on a daily basis and generate science-quality infrared data and an analytics-ready land surface temperature product, according to the company’s 2021-06-17 news release.
The European Space Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Department of Defense have awarded contracts to Hydrosat.
Hydrosat has raised $5,000,000 in seed funding for a satellite constellation to produce a global thermal infrared map.
Hydrosat’s inaugural mission, VanZyl-1, is scheduled to be mounted on a Loft Orbital satellite and launched in early 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
As Hydrosat chief technology officer, Scott Soenen will be one of the company leaders responsible for defining and developing Hydrosat’s thermal infrared and multispectral satellite system, data products, and distribution platform.
Hydrosat is a data analytics company building a satellite constellation to produce a global thermal infrared map.
Hydrosat was founded in 2017 to provide geospatial data to commercial and government customers.
Hydrosat agreed with Loft Orbital to launch its first satellite mission to create a thermal infrared map of Earth by early 2022.
Hydrosat’s VanZyl-1 mission will provide commercial space-based thermal imagery to track water stress, assess wildfire risk, and support agricultural monitoring.
Hydrosat is based in Washington and was founded in 2017 to provide geospatial data to commercial and government customers.
Hydrosat’s first multi-spectral infrared mission will launch on Loft Orbital’s YAM-6 spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Hydrosat and Loft Orbital reached an agreement on 2020-12-09 to launch Hydrosat’s first satellite mission in early 2022.