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Simera Sense

ZA
commercialFounded 2014
Cape Town, South Africa
www.simera-sense.com
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Simera Sense plans to establish a new facility in 2025, likely in Europe, to increase production capacity at least five times.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseOrg RelationshipMar 12, 2024Earth observation camera maker raises $15 million for European expansion

Exobotics and Simera Sense are collaborating to engineer and integrate a hyperspectral imager into a smallsat platform scheduled to launch into low Earth orbit later 2022.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2022Hyperspectral imaging for smallsats is the goal of Exobotics + Simera Sense collaboration

Contec contracted in 2021 with U.S. smallsat mission integrator NanoAvionics for a 16-unit cubesat bus that will carry a Contec laser communications terminal and a 1.5-meter-resolution imager supplied by Simera Sense.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2022South Korean ground station operator Contec raises Series C round for global expansion

The key instrument on Lemu Nge is a high-resolution hyperspectral camera supplied by Simera from South Africa.

Mentioned as: SimeraOrg RelationshipJan 11, 2022NanoAvionics To Build A Biodiversity Observation Smallsat For Lemu

The key instrument on Lemu Nge is a high-resolution hyperspectral camera supplied by Simera from South Africa.

Mentioned as: SimeraOrg RelationshipDec 3, 2021Mission to save Earth’s climate – NanoAvionics signs contract with Lemu for the world’s first global biodiversity observation mission

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology selected Simera Sense to deliver a hyperspectral instrument with advanced onboard processing for a 6U CubeSat mission.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseTechnical ProductAug 9, 2021Simera Sense to provide KAUST with a hyperspectral payload

The HyperScape50 instrument is a +30-band hyperspectral sensor developed by Simera Sense.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseTechnical ProductAug 9, 2021Simera Sense to provide KAUST with a hyperspectral payload

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology selected Simera Sense to deliver a hyperspectral instrument for a 6U CubeSat mission scheduled to launch toward the end of 2022.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseOrg RelationshipAug 8, 2021KAUST Selects Simera Sense For Smallsat Hyperspectral Payload

Unibap is a Swedish company that provides SpaceCloud Services used in the Simera Sense payload.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2021KAUST Selects Simera Sense For Smallsat Hyperspectral Payload

Simera Sense will unveil plans to expand into Europe at the 9 December 2020 media event.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseNarrative GeneralDec 8, 2020South African Space company Simera Sense to announce Europe expansion plans

Simera Sense will share information at the media event on planned short- and long-term optical payload development activities within Belgium, Europe, and South Africa.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseTechnical ProductDec 8, 2020South African Space company Simera Sense to announce Europe expansion plans

Simera Sense manufactures optical payloads for the international nano-, micro-, and small-satellite Earth observation market.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseTechnical ProductDec 8, 2020South African Space company Simera Sense to announce Europe expansion plans

ISISPACE is building and preparing the launch of NAPA-2, a second satellite that will carry a Simera Sense Multiscape Imager with 7 bands in the visual and near-infrared (VNIR) bands and a 5-meter ground sampling distance.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseTechnical ProductAug 21, 2020SIMBA, DIDO-3, NAPA-1, three CubeSats built by ISISPACE to launch on Vega VV16

ISIS – Innovative Solutions in Space (ISISpace) selected Simera Sense to provide a multispectral optical payload for an upcoming CubeSat mission.

Mentioned as: Simera SenseTechnical ProductNov 15, 2019ISISPACE selects Simera Sense to deliver optical payloads
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