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Munich-based Constellr closed a €37 million Series A funding round to advance its thermal imaging system to defence-grade status for sovereign intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications.
Constellr CEO Dr. Max Gulde advocates that thermal intelligence provides the earliest and most reliable signal of operational change, including detecting rocket and airbase activity and identifying active reactors and hidden industrial operations.
Constellr will use its Series A funding to advance its system to defence-grade status and develop next-generation platforms with sub-5-metre resolution.
Constellr currently operates two satellites, SkyBee-1 and SkyBee-2.
The Series A funding round for Constellr was led by Alpine Space Ventures and Lakestar.
After securing its Series A funding, Constellr is focusing on defence applications.
Constellr is a Munich-based Earth observation data provider founded in 2020.
Constellr closed a €37 million Series A funding round on 10 February.
Constellr has raised a total of €75 million to date.
Constellr’s planned sub-5-metre platforms represent an improvement from its current 30 m native resolution.
Constellr provides thermal Earth observation data through its HiVE microsatellite constellation.
Constellr plans to offer sovereign intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services to governments, military customers, and security agencies.
DLR Earth Observation head Godela Roßner views constellr’s data offering as filling a gap in understanding vegetation growth and heat fluxes and supports partnering with constellr to offer scientists and application developers in Germany opportunities to explore and demonstrate the data’s potential.
Constellr’s first thermal infrared imaging sensor traveled to the International Space Station in 2022 on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission.
The constellr–DLR contract requires constellr to supply 30-meter native resolution thermal imagery to researchers working with DLR.
constellr operates state-of-the-art thermal imaging satellites that provide the thermal data offered to DLR.
constellr will provide the German Space Agency’s Earth Observation research community with access to its high-resolution thermal data at 30-meter native resolution.
Constellr raised 17,000,000 EUR in seed funding in 2023.
Constellr plans to establish the High-precision Versatile Ecosphere (HiVE) constellation beginning in 2025.
Constellr signed a multiyear contract on 2024-12-09 with the German Space Agency DLR.