Space Services Contract Awarded to Spire Global

A Space Services contract has been awarded to Spire Global to build, launch and operate four additional 16U satellites. The satellites will carry GHGSat payloads to monitor greenhouse gas emissions.

“Our Space as a Service model is designed to support the rapid pace at which our customers are growing." Frank Frulio, Spire Global

Frank Frulio, Spire Global

This new Space Services contract builds on Spire’s initial agreement with GHGSat for three 16U satellites that will launch by the end of 2023.

“Our Space as a Service model is designed to support the rapid pace at which our customers are growing, allowing companies like GHGSat to focus on their mission and services, while we deploy their payload into space safely, quickly and in a cost-effective manner,” said Frank Frulio, general manager and global head of Space Services, Spire. “We are proud to expand our partnership with GHGSat as they scale their constellation to bring transparency to the global issue of greenhouse gas emissions.”

Space Services Contract Sets Launches in 2024

The launch of the four 16U satellites is scheduled for no earlier than 2024. The addition of these satellites will expand GHGSat’s global emissions monitoring and measurement capacity. The data collected by the new payloads will be used to monitor emissions from carbon-intensive industries such as oil and gas, coal mining, waste management and agriculture.

Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable, sustainable future, and changes across all sectors are necessary to reduce emissions. Having data to understand the key contributors helps governments and industries take action to reduce emissions, a critical step to achieving net-zero goals.

“GHGSat provides the best emissions intelligence in the world,” said Stephane Germain, CEO of GHGSat. “By expanding our satellite services agreement with Spire, we can continue to focus on performance for our customers rather than on satellite manufacturing and operations.”

Spire Space Services, with a $39 billion total addressable market, allows organizations to leverage the Company’s established infrastructure to put their business in space and quickly scale a constellation with its rapid development, manufacturing, launch and operations capabilities.

(Source: Spire Global news release. Image from file)