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EUMETSAT Awards Spire Global €4 Million One-Year
Contract Renewal and Expansion for Satellite Weather
Data
Spire Global, Inc. has been
awarded an approximately €4 million one-year
contract renewal and expansion by EUMETSAT, Europe's
meteorological satellite agency. The agreement
builds on Spire's previously announced approximately
€3 million contract and extends the Company's
delivery of radio occultation weather data through
August 2027.
Through the contract, Spire
will continue providing radio occultation (RO) data
to EUMETSAT while expanding the volume of
atmospheric observations available to support
operational weather forecasting. The agreement
reflects continued demand for high-quality satellite
weather data used by meteorological agencies to
improve forecast accuracy and monitor changing
environmental conditions.
Spire's RO data delivers
information about the vertical profiles of pressure,
humidity, and temperature across all points of the
globe, including in the most remote regions and open
oceans. The data is delivered in near real time,
with EUMETSAT processing and disseminating it to
national weather agencies across Europe and the
broader World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
community for integration into global forecast
models.
"Accurate weather forecasting
depends on the availability of timely, high-quality
atmospheric observations," said Theresa Condor, CEO
of Spire Global. "EUMETSAT's continued investment in
Spire's radio occultation data reflects the growing
role commercial satellite operators play in
supporting operational weather forecasting. We are
proud to continue providing the data and insights
that help meteorological agencies better understand
and predict weather patterns around the world."
"This contract extension will
help secure the continuity of valuable data services
for our Member States and the many communities that
rely on them, while optimizing the value of the
service" explains Phil Evans, Director-General of
EUMETSAT.
Spire designs, builds, owns,
and operates a multipurpose satellite constellation
and provides a broad portfolio of weather
intelligence solutions, including radio occultation
data, historical weather datasets, and AI-powered
forecasting models. In January 2026, the Company
launched its Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS)
demonstrator satellite to validate next-generation
hyperspectral microwave sounding capabilities,
expanding the range of atmospheric observations
available to government and commercial customers.
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