Spire Global Awarded $33.2 Million NOAA Contract for Satellite Weather Data to Enhance Weather Forecasting
Spire Global Awarded $33.2 Million NOAA Contract for Satellite Weather Data to Enhance Weather Forecasting
Spire Global (SPIR) has been awarded a $33.2 million NOAA task order for satellite weather data over a two-year period from December 1, 2026, to December 1, 2028.
Two-year contract has a potential total value of approximately $66 million if all options are exercised
VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of satellite data, analytics, and intelligence, was awarded a $33.2 million task order by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a two-year period of performance beginning December 1, 2026, to December 1, 2028. Under the agreement, Spire will deliver global navigation satellite system radio occultation (GNSS-RO) data, including RO profiles with Temporal Resolution Enhancements that provide a broader range of time sampling.
The task order includes additional unfunded surge-buy options that could bring its total potential value to approximately $66 million over the two-year period, if fully exercised.
The award is part of NOAA’s Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This IDIQ has a five-year base period plus a five-year option and operates under the ProTech 2.0 program with a shared $8 billion ceiling. The IDIQ supports NOAA’s expanded procurement and use of commercial environmental satellite data to enhance weather forecasting and space weather monitoring
Spire’s near-real-time GNSS-RO data provides vertical profiles of atmospheric measurements, including pressure, humidity, and temperature, around the globe. Under this task order, the GNSS-RO data will feed NOAA’s operational prediction models and support weather forecasting, space weather applications, and research by interagency partners, academic institutions, and other operational and scientific organizations.
The award follows a $3.7 million NOAA contract for Spire to provide GNSS-RO data, including Temporal Resolution Enhancements, from September 18 through December 1, 2026.
In addition to GNSS-RO data, Spire was selected under the IDIQ to provide GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R), hyperspectral microwave sounding, and thermospheric neutral density. Spire is eligible for future task orders across its selected categories over the five-year contract period.
About Spire Global, Inc.
Spire (NYSE: SPIR) is a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, offering unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth so that organizations can make decisions with confidence in a rapidly changing world. Spire builds, owns, and operates a fully deployed satellite constellation that observes the Earth in real time using radio frequency technology. The data acquired by Spire’s satellites provides global weather intelligence, ship and plane movements, and spoofing and jamming detection to better predict how their patterns impact economies, global security, business operations and the environment. Spire also offers Space as a Service solutions that empower customers to leverage its established infrastructure to put their business in space. Spire has offices across the U.S., Canada, UK, Luxembourg and Germany. To learn more, visit spire.com.
GNSS-RO (Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation) is a satellite remote‑sensing technique that measures how signals from navigation satellites bend and slow as they pass through Earth’s atmosphere to produce vertical profiles of temperature, pressure and humidity. Think of it as listening to how a flashlight beam changes when it shines through fog: the changes reveal the air’s properties. Investors care because GNSS‑RO data powers weather forecasting, climate monitoring and precision atmospheric services that underpin revenue streams for satellite, data and analytics businesses.
radio occultationtechnical
Radio occultation is a technique that uses a signal from a satellite or spacecraft as it passes behind Earth to sense how the planet’s atmosphere bends and slows that signal, like watching how a flashlight beam dims and blurs when it shines through fog. The measured changes reveal temperature, humidity and ionospheric conditions with high precision, which investors care about because better weather, climate and positioning data improve forecasting, supply-chain planning, agricultural yields and insurance risk models.
Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) is a flexible contract method that allows a buyer to order an unspecified amount of goods or services over a period of time. It functions like a restaurant that agrees to provide meals whenever needed, up to a maximum amount, rather than committing to a fixed quantity upfront. For investors, IDIQ contracts offer ongoing opportunities and potential stability in revenue streams, though they also involve uncertainty about exact future orders.
gnss reflectometry (gnss-r)technical
GNSS reflectometry (GNSS‑R) is a remote sensing technique that measures signals from global navigation satellite systems after those signals bounce off the Earth’s surface. By comparing the direct satellite signal with the reflected one, GNSS‑R can infer surface properties like sea level, wave height, soil moisture, ice state, and surface roughness—like using echoes to map a room. Investors watch GNSS‑R because it enables low‑cost, passive Earth observation data that can feed weather, agriculture, maritime, and climate information services.
hyperspectral microwave soundingtechnical
A satellite remote‑sensing technique that measures microwave radiation from the atmosphere in hundreds to thousands of narrow frequency channels to build detailed vertical profiles of temperature, humidity and other atmospheric properties. Like taking a high‑resolution medical scan of the air, it lets scientists distinguish fine layers and gases that coarse sensors miss. Investors care because the data feed weather forecasting, climate monitoring, agriculture, insurance risk models and markets for advanced satellite sensors and analytics.
