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Hydrosat

US
commercialFounded 2017
Washington, D.C., United States
www.hydrosat.com/
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Hydrosat has raised $15,000,000 in total funding to date for satellites designed to monitor Earth’s water cycle.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2021Hydrosat raises $10 million for thermal infrared imagery constellation

Hydrosat raised $10,000,000 in seed funding for a constellation of satellites to gather data for thermal infrared maps.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2021Hydrosat raises $10 million for thermal infrared imagery constellation

Hydrosat’s first satellite mission, VanZyl-1, is fully funded, is under construction, and is scheduled to launch with Loft Orbital in 2022.

Mentioned as: hydrosatTechnical ProductNov 16, 2021Hydrosat raises $10 million for thermal infrared imagery constellation

Hydrosat received $798,519 in SBIR grants from the U.S. Air Force to use LEO thermal imagery with higher resolution and a faster repeat cycle to provide improved and more up-to-date information for flight planners.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2021Impact Investment By SpaceFund Into Hydrosat

In July 2020 Hydrosat received a €3.735 million contract from the European Space Agency to develop an operational processor for agriculture covering crop yield estimations and irrigation decision support applications.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2021Impact Investment By SpaceFund Into Hydrosat

Hydrosat expects to launch its first sensor aboard a SpaceX rocket in 2022-10-01 with Loft Orbital serving as the satellite bus provider and integration partner.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2021Impact Investment By SpaceFund Into Hydrosat

Hydrosat raised a $5,000,000 seed round led by Cultivation Capital, bringing its total funding to date to over $10,000,000.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipJun 18, 2021Hydrosat raises $5M to take on climate change from Space

Hydrosat is flying a multi-spectral and thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2022.

Mentioned as: HydrosatTechnical ProductJun 18, 2021Hydrosat raises $5M to take on climate change from Space

The European Space Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Department of Defense have awarded contracts to Hydrosat.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2021Hydrosat raises $5 million in seed funding round

Hydrosat’s inaugural mission, VanZyl-1, is scheduled to be mounted on a Loft Orbital satellite and launched in early 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: hydrosatTechnical ProductJun 17, 2021Hydrosat raises $5 million in seed funding round

Hydrosat has raised $5,000,000 in seed funding for a satellite constellation to produce a global thermal infrared map.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2021Hydrosat raises $5 million in seed funding round

Hydrosat plans to launch 16 additional satellites to scan the globe on a daily basis and generate science-quality infrared data and an analytics-ready land surface temperature product, according to the company’s 2021-06-17 news release.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2021Hydrosat raises $5 million in seed funding round

As Hydrosat chief technology officer, Scott Soenen will be one of the company leaders responsible for defining and developing Hydrosat’s thermal infrared and multispectral satellite system, data products, and distribution platform.

Mentioned as: HydrosatTechnical ProductFeb 23, 2021Former Capella Space and Planet executive joins Hydrosat

Hydrosat is a data analytics company building a satellite constellation to produce a global thermal infrared map.

Mentioned as: HydrosatTechnical ProductFeb 23, 2021Former Capella Space and Planet executive joins Hydrosat

Hydrosat agreed with Loft Orbital to launch its first satellite mission to create a thermal infrared map of Earth by early 2022.

Mentioned as: hydrosatTechnical ProductDec 11, 2020Hydrosat partners with Loft Orbital to create thermal infrared map of Earth

Hydrosat was founded in 2017 to provide geospatial data to commercial and government customers.

Mentioned as: hydrosatOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2020Hydrosat partners with Loft Orbital to create thermal infrared map of Earth

Hydrosat is based in Washington and was founded in 2017 to provide geospatial data to commercial and government customers.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipDec 10, 2020Hydrosat to fly thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital

Hydrosat’s first multi-spectral infrared mission will launch on Loft Orbital’s YAM-6 spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: HydrosatTechnical ProductDec 10, 2020Hydrosat to fly thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital

Hydrosat’s VanZyl-1 mission will provide commercial space-based thermal imagery to track water stress, assess wildfire risk, and support agricultural monitoring.

Mentioned as: HydrosatTechnical ProductDec 10, 2020Hydrosat to fly thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital

Hydrosat and Loft Orbital reached an agreement on 2020-12-09 to launch Hydrosat’s first satellite mission in early 2022.

Mentioned as: HydrosatOrg RelationshipDec 10, 2020Hydrosat to fly thermal infrared mission with Loft Orbital
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