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Orbital Sidekick

US
commercialFounded 2016
San Francisco, California, United States
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Orbital Sidekick plans to launch a sixth satellite later 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/23/2024Satellite-based sensors provide valuable data for pipeline monitoring, crop production and more

Orbital Sidekick plans to expand its satellite constellation to include 14 satellites.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/23/2024Satellite-based sensors provide valuable data for pipeline monitoring, crop production and more

Orbital Sidekick plans to expand its satellite constellation to include 14 satellites.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/23/2024Satellite-based sensors provide valuable data for pipeline monitoring, crop production and more

Orbital Sidekick plans to launch a sixth satellite later 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/23/2024Satellite-based sensors provide valuable data for pipeline monitoring, crop production and more

Orbital Sidekick plans to deploy two more GHOSt satellites 2023 aboard the Transporter 9 rideshare mission.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/14/2023Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches Third GHOSt Satellite

Orbital Sidekick plans to deploy two more GHOSt satellites 2023 aboard the Transporter 9 rideshare mission.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/14/2023Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches Third GHOSt Satellite

Orbital Sidekick is acquiring imagery from its first two satellites launched in April on the SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare flight.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/22/2023Orbital Sidekick acquires first light imagery

The sixth Orbital Sidekick satellite will launch in February 2024.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/22/2023Orbital Sidekick acquires first light imagery

Orbital Sidekick will deploy four more GHOSt satellites 2023 aboard the Transporter 8 and Transporter 9 rideshare missions to complete the company’s initial constellation.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/18/2023Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches First Satellites in GHOSt Constellation

Orbital Sidekick’s Aurora and HEIST technology demonstrators established the company’s capability to operate sensors in space while providing enhanced data sets for commercial, government, and scientific entities.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/16/2023A Transporter-7 attainment: Orbital Sidekick launches their GHOSt smallsats

Orbital Sidekick will deploy four more GHOSt satellites later 2023 aboard the Transporter 8 and Transporter 9 rideshare missions to complete the company’s initial constellation.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/16/2023A Transporter-7 attainment: Orbital Sidekick launches their GHOSt smallsats

Orbital Sidekick’s GHOSt payload is described as producing the highest resolution commercial hyperspectral imagery ever in orbit.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/16/2023A Transporter-7 attainment: Orbital Sidekick launches their GHOSt smallsats

Orbital Sidekick plans to launch its first six-satellite hyperspectral constellation during 2023.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/26/2023Remote sensing companies try to capture bigger piece of satellite imaging market

Orbital Sidekick plans to launch its first six-satellite hyperspectral constellation during 2023.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/26/2023Remote sensing companies try to capture bigger piece of satellite imaging market

Orbital Sidekick has secured contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/3/2023OSK secures million$ in strategic investment for energy sector intelligence solution

Orbital Sidekick received a $10,000,000 investment round from strategic investors to commercialize its asset monitoring solution.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/3/2023OSK secures million$ in strategic investment for energy sector intelligence solution

Orbital Sidekick has secured contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/3/2023OSK secures million$ in strategic investment for energy sector intelligence solution

Orbital Sidekick raised $10,000,000 in an investment round led by Energy Innovation Capital.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL1/31/2023Orbital Sidekick raises $10 million from customers and existing investors

Orbital Sidekick’s first two GHOSt satellites are slated to launch on SpaceX Rideshare Transporter-7 in spring 2023.

NARRATIVE PLAN1/31/2023Orbital Sidekick raises $10 million from customers and existing investors

Orbital Sidekick signed a technical assistance agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science Center as part of the Joint Agency Commercial Imaging Evaluation partnership.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/10/2022Orbital Sidekick secures USGS technical assistance agreement
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