All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire are providing GPS radio occultation data that measure the refraction of GPS signals to produce temperature and pressure profiles for weather forecasting models.
NOAA is in the second round of its Commercial Weather Data Pilot program with contracts awarded in September 2018 to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire.
In September, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded more than $8,000,000 to GeoOptics, PlanetiQ, and Spire to provide GPS radio occultation data from current or planned constellations.
NOAA issued contracts to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire to provide GPS radio occultation weather data from satellites currently in orbit or planned for launch in the coming months.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded more than $8,000,000 in contracts on 2018-09-17 to GeoOptics, PlanetIQ, and Spire in the second round of its Commercial Weather Data Pilot program.
PlanetIQ received a $3,500,000 contract in round two and is based in Golden, Colorado.
PlanetIQ had not launched any satellites at the time of the contracts, while its website states a plan to have 12 microsatellites on orbit by early 2018.