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The contract awarded to PlanetiQ is NOAA's single largest commercial satellite weather data purchase.
NOAA has selected PlanetiQ to receive a $24.3 million contract from the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).
Under the Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract, PlanetiQ will provide 2,200 GNSS-RO profiles per day to support NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Program.
PlanetiQ is building, launching, and operating a commercial constellation of GNSS-RO weather satellites with an eventual full constellation goal of 20 low Earth orbit satellites.
PlanetiQ received a Delivery Order (DO-4) contract valued at more than $6,500,000 to supply NOAA with proprietary radio occultation data for one year starting on 2024-09-18.
PlanetiQ successfully launched the GNOMES-5 satellite on 2024-08-16 from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
NOAA awarded radio occultation data contracts to GeoOptics in February 2021, to Spire in August 2021, to Spire again in February 2022, and to PlanetIQ in April 2023.
PlanetiQ scheduled its first satellite to launch in March 2020 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
PlanetiQ launched the fourth-generation Radio Occultation measurement satellite GNOMES-4 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
PlanetiQ was one of seven companies selected through NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program, which has allocated $476,000,000 for commercial data over five years.
In September 2023, NASA selected PlanetiQ to supply its highest-quality GNSS-Radio Occultation data to enhance capabilities in weather and atmospheric research.
PlanetiQ launched its fourth-generation Radio Occultation measurement satellite GNOMES-4 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
In September 2023, NASA selected PlanetiQ to supply high-quality GNSS-Radio Occultation data to enhance weather and atmospheric research capabilities.
PlanetiQ launched the GNOMES-4 satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
In September 2023, NASA selected PlanetiQ to supply GNSS-Radio Occultation data to enhance capabilities in weather and atmospheric research.
PlanetiQ was one of seven companies selected through NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, which has allocated $476,000,000 for commercial data over the next five years.
Airbus DS Geo, Capella Space, GHGSat, Maxar, PlanetiQ, Spire Global, and Umbra were selected under a fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide Earth observation data and services to NASA.
PlanetiQ has started delivering radio occultation data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a previously awarded contract.
PlanetiQ plans to launch more spacecraft in the next 18 months to expand global coverage and resolution to further support NOAA and international partners for weather forecasting and climate research.
PlanetiQ plans to establish a 20-satellite constellation.