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PlanetiQ

US
commercialFounded 2012
Golden, Colorado, United States
www.planetiq.com
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PlanetiQ plans to establish a 20-satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative PlanJul 19, 2023PlanetiQ wins first task order under $60 million NOAA contract

Two PlanetiQ satellites are in orbit and a third is scheduled to launch later 2023, with several more on deck for 2024.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralJul 19, 2023PlanetiQ wins first task order under $60 million NOAA contract

NOAA awarded contracts last year to GeoOptics, PlanetiQ, and Spire to provide space weather data as part of a pilot program to test the value of commercial observations.

Mentioned as: planetiqOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2023PlanetiQ wins first task order under $60 million NOAA contract

PlanetiQ plans to launch more spacecraft in the next 18 months to expand its global coverage and resolution.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative PlanJul 19, 2023PlanetiQ wins first task order under $60 million NOAA contract

PlanetiQ won an $8,000,000 task order to deliver daily weather data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over six months.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2023PlanetiQ wins first task order under $60 million NOAA contract

The $8,000,000 task order was the first task order under a NOAA indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract awarded in March to PlanetiQ and Spire Global.

Mentioned as: planetiqOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2023PlanetiQ wins first task order under $60 million NOAA contract

NOAA awarded Space Sciences and Engineering LLC dba PlanetiQ (Golden, Colorado) and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (Vienna, Virginia) Radio Occultation Data Buy II (RODB-2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a total, maximum value of $59,312,954 million shared between the IDIQ vendors.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQOrg RelationshipMar 29, 2023NOAA awards RO Data Buy II IDIQ contracts

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded contracts to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire Global to provide space weather data as part of a pilot program to test the value of commercial observations.

Mentioned as: PlanetIQOrg RelationshipJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

NOAA will evaluate data supplied by GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire over approximately 12 months.

Mentioned as: PlanetIQTechnical ProductJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

Under the NOAA contracts, GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire will provide radio occultation datasets that reveal weather conditions in Earth’s ionosphere.

Mentioned as: PlanetIQOrg RelationshipJul 14, 2022GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data

The atmospheric sounding data from GNOMES-3 were verified as operational and delivered to PlanetiQ's customers on 2022-04-08, seven days after launch.

Mentioned as: planetiqNarrative GrowthMay 2, 2022PlanetiQ’s GNSS Navigation And Occultation Measurement Satellite’s (GNOMES) Successful Launch

Iridium, PlanetiQ, and GeoOptics joined a coalition of 90 companies, organizations, and associations seeking to overturn the FCC’s April 2020 approval for Ligado’s terrestrial use of L-band spectrum.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2022Ligado Networks critics step up opposition as service launch nears

PlanetiQ launched its GNOMES-3 satellite on Transporter-4 to collect GNSS radio occultation data for weather forecasting.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralApr 1, 2022SpaceX launches fourth dedicated rideshare mission

PlanetIQ was founded in 2012 by scientists and engineers who worked on COSMIC, COSMIC-2, KOMPSAT-5, TerraSAR-X, Tandem-X, and Paz missions and payloads.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

PlanetIQ plans to launch satellites in pairs after GNOMES-3 to build a 20-satellite constellation capable of providing 50,000 daily radio occultation soundings.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

PlanetIQ’s 2018 satellite failure prevented the company from delivering data during the early phases of NOAA’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

PlanetIQ is integrating and testing GNOMES-3, a satellite scheduled to launch in March on the SpaceX Transporter-4 rideshare flight to sun-synchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQTechnical ProductOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

PlanetIQ is raising capital to expedite deployment of a 20-satellite GNSS radio occultation constellation by 2024.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralOct 18, 2021PlanetIQ announces highest-performance radio occultation satellite

NASA’s TROPICS Pathfinder on Transporter-2 deployed PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-2 payload.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2021UPDATE: The SpaceX Transporter-2 Mission Launches Without A Hitch

Redwire has been selected by PlanetiQ to supply solar arrays for PlanetiQ’s HD GPS-RO weather satellites.

Mentioned as: PlanetiQNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2021Redwire Contracted By PlanetiQ For Smallsat Solar Arrays
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