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MyRadar signed a launch agreement with Exolaunch for deployment of its first two HORIS pathfinder satellites, HORIS-1 and HORIS-2.
Data collected from HORIS-1 and HORIS-2 will be used to refine MyRadar’s approach to providing accurate, real-time environmental data.
The near-infrared hyperspectral imagers on MyRadar’s cubesats observe 16 spectral bands between 600 and 900 nanometers.
MyRadar intends to use data from the HORIS constellation to enhance the MyRadar weather app.
MyRadar received a $650,000 NOAA Phase 2 SBIR grant on 2023-08-18 to build a pair of Orbital Wildfire Resilience cubesats.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funded MyRadar to develop and launch cubesats to validate technology for a future weather and environmental data constellation.
The Federal Communications Commission granted MyRadar approval in 2022 to demonstrate technology for a constellation that ultimately could include 250 satellites or more.
MyRadar launched three PocketQube prototypes in 2022 as precursors for the company’s Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer (HORIS) constellation.
MyRadar intends to use processed data from the HORIS constellation to create products to monitor extreme weather, coral reefs, algal blooms, illegal fishing, national security, and wildfires.
The Orbital Wildfire Resilience (OWR) project uses MyRadar’s compact satellite technology, artificial intelligence, and MyRadar’s information distribution platform including the MyRadar app to boost resilience against wildfires.
MyRadar was awarded a NOAA SBIR Phase II grant for its Orbital Wildfire Resilience (OWR) project.
NOAA is using SBIR awards like the MyRadar Phase II grant to build public/private partnerships that encourage innovation in technological advancements benefiting the American public.
The OWR Phase II includes building and launching two pathfinder satellites that will represent the first two commercial satellites in MyRadar’s HORIS (Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer) constellation.
MyRadar's fire detection app is designed to improve temporal and spatial coverage compared with NASA and NOAA imagery and to deliver billions of alerts per year to users.
MyRadar received a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in late October to test the feasibility of wildfire detection and mitigation technology.
MyRadar launched three prototype satellites in May on a Rocket Lab Electron for its Hyperspectral Orbital Remote Imaging Spectrometer (HORIS) constellation.
MyRadar plans to begin launching HORIS Pathfinder satellites in mid-2023.
MyRadar is a free weather and environmental app offered by Acme AtronOmatic with more than 13 million monthly users.
MyRadar plans to begin effective operations for HORIS once it has 15 satellites in orbit.
MyRadar is expanding from weather forecasts to wildfire detection and mitigation with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.