Ten Spire Global Satellites Arrive at Launch Site
Will Launch from Vandenberg SFB on Transporter-16 Rideshare Mission
Ten multipurpose satellites manufactured by Spire Global and integrated via Germany’s launch integrator Exolaunch have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The spacecraft will be carried into orbit as part of the Transporter-16 rideshare mission with SpaceX.
“Our platform is built for versatility and scale.”
Theresa Condor, Spire Global
The satellites will support a mix of customer missions, government and commercial data collection capabilities, and replenishment of Spire’s fully deployed constellation.
All ten of the satellites were designed, manufactured, integrated, and tested in-house at Spire’s manufacturing facility in Glasgow. Through its vertically integrated satellite platform — spanning in-house design, manufacturing, integration, and operations — Spire is able to deploy satellites at scale, supporting multiple form factors and a range of mission requirements within a single launch campaign.
Eight of the satellites will support customer missions across RF data collection, cybersecurity-focused space capabilities, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, and remote sensing image data services. The launch will also include Spire’s seventh Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) satellite, a further development for direct optical communication between satellites, as well as one constellation replenishment satellite.
“Our platform is built for versatility and scale,” said Theresa Condor, Chief Executive Officer at Spire Global. “By designing, building, integrating, and operating our own satellites, we can efficiently deploy new capabilities, support sovereign and commercial missions, and continuously strengthen our constellation. This approach enables persistent, real-time insight that helps governments and organizations better understand what is happening across the planet and plan what comes next with confidence.”
With more than a decade of experience operating a scalable, multipurpose small satellite constellation, Spire provides persistent “listening” to the Earth. This global invisible intelligence delivers real-time, predictive understanding of Earth’s operations from space, enabling governments and organizations worldwide to make more informed decisions to address challenges on Earth.
To date, Spire has designed, built, and launched more than 220 satellites across over 40 launch campaigns.