Austrian Space Forum

Spire Global Unveils Satellite Mission Operations Platform

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, today at Space Tech Expo Europe unveiled Constellation Management Platform, a web-based app that simplifies satellite constellation operations through its user-friendly interface.

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  • Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, today at Space Tech Expo Europe unveiled Constellation Management Platform, a web-based app that simplifies satellite constellation operations through its user-friendly interface.
  • Spire’s Constellation Management Platform is the latest innovation by Spire Space Services , the Company’s end-to-end solution for customers to build, launch and operate their own satellite constellation for a flat monthly fee.
  • Spire is leveraging its more than a decade of experience operating the world’s largest multi-payload satellite constellation to automate and optimize satellite operations, allowing any company to operate their satellites with one person and a laptop.
  • It simplifies access to Spire’s ground operations software to operate a satellite or constellation with multiple, global ground station networks for tracking, scheduling, commanding, downlinking data and monitoring telemetry.

Three Spire Global Satellites Successfully Launch on SpaceX Transporter-7 Mission

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully launched three satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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  • Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully launched three satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
  • Spire Space Services, the Company’s Space as a Service business, launched two 6U satellites for its customers.
  • The satellites were manifested on the mission through a multi-launch agreement between Spire and Exolaunch, which includes access to the Transporter missions through Exolaunch’s long-term launch arrangements with SpaceX.
  • Spire will launch additional satellites on SpaceX Transporter missions later this year.

Gebrüder Weiss Explores Future of Mobility With Swedish Space Corporation Through Rocket Launch Containing Scientific Experiments

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

LAUTERACH, Austria, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gebrder Weiss, the official logistics partner of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), participated in a successful rocket launch carrying 12 scientific experiments to study their behavior in a weightless environment.

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  • LAUTERACH, Austria, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gebrder Weiss, the official logistics partner of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), participated in a successful rocket launch carrying 12 scientific experiments to study their behavior in a weightless environment.
  • A team from the Swedish Space Corporation flew them back to base by helicopter, where they are now being evaluated by scientists.
  • The Swedish Space Corporation conducted its 15th space mission in northern Sweden from Nov. 14-23.
  • The SubOrbital Express mission involved sending 12 scientific experiments with a rocket into space to study their behavior in a weightless environment.

Spire Global, Inc. Selects Virgin Orbit for Late-Load Addition to Next Flight in Record Time

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

ADLER-1 is also part of a growing movement to address the issue of dangerous space debris and to improve sustainability in Low Earth Orbit.

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  • ADLER-1 is also part of a growing movement to address the issue of dangerous space debris and to improve sustainability in Low Earth Orbit.
  • The 30x10x10 cm satellite will study the micro space debris environment in Low Earth Orbit to complement the space debris models by obtaining in-situ data.
  • Spire uses one of the worlds largest multi-purpose satellite constellations to source hard to acquire, valuable data and enriches it with predictive solutions.
  • Virgin Orbit operates one of the most flexible and responsive space launch systems ever built.

Mission Completed: Gebrüder Weiss Logistics Project for 13th Mars Analog Mission Successfully Completed

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Friday, November 5, 2021

NEGEV, Israel, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 13th International Mars Analog Mission Amadee-20, supported by Gebrder Weiss as the official logistics partner, was successfully completed in Israel at the end of October.

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  • NEGEV, Israel, Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 13th International Mars Analog Mission Amadee-20, supported by Gebrder Weiss as the official logistics partner, was successfully completed in Israel at the end of October.
  • Robert Rubatscher, apprentice freight forwarding logistics manager in his third year of apprenticeship at Gebrder Weiss in Hall, Austria, said, "Logistically, the Mars mission provided us with a great experience because we were able to put our acquired knowledge into practice."
  • Frank Haas, Head of Corporate Brand Strategy & Communications at Gebrder Weiss, noted, "Accompanying this Mars mission is like getting a little glimpse into the future of logistics.
  • In a detailed interview in the current Gebrder Weiss corporate magazine "Atlas," Grmer concludes: "The first human to set foot on Mars has already been born."

Gebrüder Weiss Delivers Equipment for the OeWF Mars Analog Mission

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

From Oct.4-31, the OeWF and international research partners will carry out the simulated astronautical Mars mission "Amadee-20."

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  • From Oct.4-31, the OeWF and international research partners will carry out the simulated astronautical Mars mission "Amadee-20."
  • Under supervision, four trainees will be taking over all logistic tasks, customs clearance, and the transport of mission equipment.
  • The mission equipment will fill two sea freight containers that Gebrder Weiss will then transport from Innsbruck, Austria, to the mission site in the Negev Desert in Israel a site closely resembling the surface of Mars.
  • "Amadee-20" is the 13th Mars Analog Mission of the OeWF.