2012 2012 1 founder peter platzer joel spark jeroen cappaert 1 headquarters san francisco california u.s. number of locations 3 2015 area served worldwide key people peter platzer ceo russell muzzolini cto 1 2 number of employees 50 100 1 3 website spire.com spire global inc. is an american private company specializing in data gathered from a network of small satellites . 4 it has successfully deployed twelve earth observation cubesats into low earth orbit . the company has offices in san francisco glasgow singapore and boulder . contents 1 history 2 satellites 2.1 satellite list 3 references 4 external links history edit spire was founded in 2012 and opened offices in san francisco . the company later opened offices in glasgow singapore and boulder . 4 5 the company was founded to create ardusat a crowd funded satellite which was launched on august 3 2013 . 6 7 crowd funding in the amount of 106 330 was raised via kickstarter . 8 the startup was incubated at lemnos labs 6 and investments totaling 1.5 m were made in a seed round by shasta ventures emerge beamonte investments grishin robotics and lemnos labs . 1 9 on july 29 2014 spire announced an additional 25m series a funding round led by rre ventures and backed by emerge mitsui & co. global investment qihoo 360 technology and moose capital . 1 5 10 on june 30 2015 the company announced a 40 million series b lead by promus ventures with participation from bessemer venture partners and jump capital . 11 the company s first three ardusat satellites were named after a portmanteau of arduino the technology on which they were based and satellite . 7 12 in august 2014 it was announced that ardusat was spun out of spire and would focus on educational technology . 2 in september 2015 spire became the first cubesat operator based in the us to launch from india . 13 in january 2016 the company announced a boulder colorado office and that it had hired the former program manager of the cosmic weather satellite constellation . 14 satellites edit spire satellites are built to conform to the cubesat standard . the company uses minimally adapted consumer electronics to reduce cost . 15 the satellites are placed in low earth orbit and are scheduled to be retired and replaced every two years . 16 17 the lemur 1 satellite was launched as a prototype for a constellation of 50 or more satellites . 18 the satellites are multi sensor . data types such as automatic identification system ais service are used for tracking ships and weather payloads measure temperature pressure and precipitation . ais data is meant for use in illegal fishing trade monitoring maritime domain awareness insurance asset tracking search and rescue and piracy . 6 satellite list edit satellite name configuration launch date launch vehicle purpose ardusat 1 1u cubesat 2013 08 03 h 2b 304 19 public experimentation ardusat x 1u cubesat 2013 08 03 h 2b 304 19 public experimentation ardusat 2 2u cubesat 2014 01 09 h 2b 304 20 public experimentation lemur 1 3u cubesat 2014 06 19 dnepr 21 prototype lemur 2 peter 3u cubesat 2015 09 28 pslv xl 22 commercial lemur 2 jeroen 3u cubesat 2015 09 28 pslv xl 22 commercial lemur 2 joel 3u cubesat 2015 09 28 pslv xl 22 commercial lemur 2 chris 3u cubesat 2015 09 28 pslv xl 22 commercial lemur 2 theresacondor 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 nick allain 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 kane 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 jeff 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 cubecheese 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 drmuzz 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 bridgeman 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 nate 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial lemur 2 beccadewey 3u cubesat 2016 03 23 atlas 5 23 commercial references edit a b c d e f spire crunchbase . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b a higher education satellite startup aims to inspire students through experiments in space . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . spire global overview . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b spire website . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b nanosatellite company spire raises 25m rocket lab unveils new rocket . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b c from silicon valley to singapore spire s ambitious remote sensing strategy . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b ardusat 1 x gunter s space page . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . ardusat your arduino experiment in space kickstarter . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . ardusat will let anyone conduct experiments in space for 125 . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . spire announces 25 million in series a to fuel growth and help fulfill early customer demand press release . san francisco . 2014 06 29 . retrieved 2014 11 21 . spire raises 40 million for its listening satellites . 2016 . retrieved mar 29 2016 . soon students will be able to control satellites in space . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . pslv rocket launches india s 1st astronomy satellite 4 spire cubesats . 2015 . retrieved may 18 2016 . commercial weather data dave ector . 2016 . retrieved may 18 2016 . nasa nanoracks ardusat 2 . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . spire wants to fight sea pirates from space using nanosatellites . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . more space robots as grishin funds nanosatisfi . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . lemur 1 gunter s space page . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b h 2b gunter s space page . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . antares 120 gunter s space page . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . dnepr gunter s space page . 2014 . retrieved nov 21 2014 . a b c d gunters space page . 2015 . retrieved oct 16 2015 . a b c d e f g h i gunters space page . 2016 . retrieved may 18 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spire global & oldid 743700082 categories companies based in san franciscoaerospace companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged 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