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Hydrosat develops a constellation of satellites and analytics to measure water stress and climate impact using thermal infrared data.
Hydrosat received $20,000,000 in recent government grants and investment.
Hydrosat has raised $35,000,000 since the company was founded in 2017.
Hydrosat signed a $1,200,000 contract through AFWERX to adapt its surface temperature data to the mission needs of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).
Hydrosat’s recent funding package includes $5,000,000 in government grants and $15,000,000 in Series A investment.
Hydrosat began by considering the ground segment, recognizing it as essential for delivering data to customers.
Hydrosat delivered Crop Yield Forecast results in July 2022, weeks before other forecasts became available.
Hydrosat plans to deploy a proprietary thermal infrared satellite constellation to provide earlier indicators of plant stress and development than existing data sources.
Hydrosat plans to expand Crop Yield Forecast coverage to Canada during 2023, with Europe to follow soon thereafter.
Under the AFWERX contract Hydrosat will deliver its thermal infrared remote sensing data to NASIC adapted to NASIC’s unique requirements and needs.
The AFWERX organization of the U.S. Air Force awarded the contract to Hydrosat.
Hydrosat said in 2021 it planned to launch its first small satellite mission VanZyl-1 in 2022, but the spacecraft has not yet launched.
Hydrosat plans to launch its own constellation of 16 thermal infrared satellites in low Earth orbit.
Hydrosat developed an analytics platform that uses surface temperature data collected daily by NASA’s MODIS and Landsat satellites to help understand the effects of climate change or natural disasters.
Hydrosat won a $1,200,000 Air Force contract to investigate uses of thermal infrared data for national security applications on 2023-02-02.
Since its establishment in 2017, Techstars Los Angeles has provided funding and guidance for HydroSat, Morpheus Space, Orbit Fab, Pixxel Space, and Scout Space.
On 2022-07-29, Hydrosat secured U.S. regulatory approval to provide global services from its upcoming thermal imaging system.
Hydrosat raised $10,000,000 in seed funding last year, bringing total funding for its goal to develop global thermal infrared maps to $15,000,000.
Hydrosat was awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tier 1 license for its thermal imaging system.
Other startups developing thermal imagery constellations include Germany’s OroraTech and Washington-based Hydrosat.