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Spire Global Awarded Subcontract by Riverside Research for United States Space Force Space Domain Awareness Program

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, today announced it was awarded a subcontract by Riverside Research, an advanced research nonprofit, to provide star tracker imagery as part of the Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing for Space Domain Awareness (DEEP-SDA) project on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF).

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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 announced it was awarded a subcontract by Riverside Research, an advanced research nonprofit, to provide star tracker imagery as part of the Data Exploitation and Enhanced Processing for Space Domain Awareness (DEEP-SDA) project on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF).
  • Spire will be the leading provider of star tracker imagery, and all data will be used in direct support of the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO), a specialized Space Force unit that works with commercial space data.
  • "As activity in space increases, monitoring it is critical for the safety, security and sustainability of our space domain,” said Chuck Cash, vice president of federal sales at Spire.
  • “With our star tracker imagery, Riverside Research can more accurately provide space domain awareness for the JCO and USSF.”
    Star trackers are optical sensors utilized on satellites to precisely determine and maintain their orientation in space.

Royce Geo Selected for $900M IDIQ Contract to Support U.S. Space Force Data Software Services

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

"Our team is proud and humbled by this DSS contract award, which represents a significant step forward for our organization," said Royce Geo CEO Dave Sterling. "We develop software, data, and purpose-built systems -- based on deep tradecraft expertise – that turn mission requirements into actionable solutions that address immediate operational needs. We are eager to support U.S. Space Force efforts to help advance national security objectives." 

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  • Effort Will Deliver Data Analysis, Visualization, and Intelligence Capabilities to Advance Warfighter Capabilities
    ARLINGTON, Va., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Royce Geo , a leading advanced intelligence solutions and services provider, today announced it has been selected for the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Data Software Services (DSS) Multi-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.
  • Royce Geo delivers mission-enabling software solutions that provide automated capabilities to task, ingest, fuse, synchronize, search, exploit, disseminate, and visualize large datasets from various internal and external sources.
  • "Our team is proud and humbled by this DSS contract award, which represents a significant step forward for our organization," said Royce Geo CEO Dave Sterling.
  • We are eager to support U.S. Space Force efforts to help advance national security objectives."