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Spire Global

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commercialFounded 2012
United States
spire.com
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Spire Global began trading publicly on 2021-08-17 after merging with a special purpose acquisition company in a deal that raised about $265,000,000.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

Spire Global and GeoOptics established radio occultation constellations and began supplying data to NASA, NOAA, and the U.S. Air Force.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

The Spire Weather Point Optimized Forecast provides hyper-local forecasts tailored to specific points of interest by accounting for local sensors and local weather patterns to create a customized forecast for an exact location.

Mentioned as: SpireTechnical ProductOct 18, 2021Spire Global Announces New Weather Customer, Southern Launch

Myriota announced a partnership with Spire Global on 2021-09-22 to use Spire’s constellation of smallsats to expand Myriota’s IoT network.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipOct 6, 2021Hiber abandons plans for IoT satellite constellation

Spire Global's advanced AIS data has provided significant value to LatConnect 60 and will be incorporated into LatConnect 60's research with Curtin University to improve real-time vessel location awareness and help avoid collisions.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2021Spire Global data to feed maritime-traffic algorithms

LatConnect 60 and Curtin University’s Intelligent Sensing & Perception Laboratory are creating sensor fusion algorithms using data from satellite sensors, primarily Spire’s maritime domain awareness information.

Mentioned as: SpireOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2021Spire Global Selected To Assist With Maritime Collision Avoidance Research

Spire Global is a U.S.-based space satellite data company cooperating with Hancom InSpace on the Sejong-1 launch.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipOct 1, 2021Hancom Group to launch Sejong-1 satellite in 2022, opening the world’s first three-tiered remote sensing image data service

Hancom InSpace, an affiliate of Hancom Group led by CEO Choi Myungjin, will launch South Korea’s first private Earth observation satellite in the first half of 2022 in cooperation with Spire Global.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2021Hancom Group to launch Sejong-1 satellite in 2022, opening the world’s first three-tiered remote sensing image data service

Myriota partnered with Spire to expand Myriota’s global satellite constellation and achieve near real-time connectivity by the close of 2022.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipSep 29, 2021Myriota Supercharges SatIoT Development With Their New Myriota Mouse™

Spire will further build out SpaceChain’s capabilities via a payload on a new satellite expected to be launched later 2021.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralSep 29, 2021Spire Global and SpaceChain announce new partnership

Spire Global and SpaceChain are partnering to launch a mission to demonstrate blockchain computation in space.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralSep 29, 2021Spire Global and SpaceChain announce new partnership

Spire plans to launch a SpaceChain payload on a new satellite later 2021.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative PlanSep 28, 2021Spire and SpaceChain announce on-orbit blockchain demonstration

Spire and SpaceChain announced their partnership on 2021-09-28.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralSep 28, 2021Spire and SpaceChain announce on-orbit blockchain demonstration

NOAA purchased 3,000 radio occultation profiles per day for six months from Spire in August.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralSep 24, 2021House committee presses NOAA on commercial weather data and space traffic management

Spire is acquiring exactEarth for about $161,200,000 through a mix of cash and stock.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative FinancialSep 16, 2021Spire buys exactEarth in first major acquisition

The acquisition increases Spire’s customer base by more than 75%, adding over 150 S-AIS commercial and government customers across 39 countries.

Mentioned as: SpireTechnical ProductSep 16, 2021Spire buys exactEarth in first major acquisition

Spire experienced a redemption rate of about 90% when it closed its SPAC deal on 2021-08-16.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2021Space SPACs struggle to lift off

Spire Global is acquiring Canadian ship-tracking company exactEarth for about $161,200,000 through a mix of cash and stock.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2021Spire snaps up exactEarth in first acquisition as a public company

Spire Global, Inc. will acquire exactEarth Ltd. for approximately $161,200,000 (CAD$204,200,000) in cash and stock.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2021Spire Global Enters Definitive Agreement To Acquire exactEarth

Based on the 10-day volume weighted average price of Spire Class A Common Stock of US$11.0223 (CAD$13.9564) on 2021-09-13, the total per share consideration for exactEarth shareholders is CAD$3.90 (US$3.08) per common share.

Mentioned as: Spire GlobalNoiseSep 14, 2021Spire Global to Acquire exactEarth
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