NOAA Awards its Largest Commercial Satellite Weather Data Contract

PlanetiQ Selected for $24.3 Million Radio Occultation Contract

Sep 23, 2025

∙ Paid

NOAA has selected PlanetiQ to receive a $24.3 million contract from the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The award, issued under the Commercial Data Program's Radio Occultation Data Buy 2 (RODB-2), is NOAA's single largest commercial satellite weather data purchase.

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