National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) × Spire Global, Inc.
Spire Global was awarded a $9.4 million contract by NOAA to provide radio occultation (RO) data for an 8-month period. [64] The data will be used for NOAA's operational weather forecasts, space weather models, and climate research. [64] This award is part of NOAA's broader Commercial Weather Data Program's Radio Occultation Data Buy II, an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. [64] [price basis reported as: other]
The asset
A delivery of near-real-time radio occultation (RO) data, consisting of vertical profiles of atmospheric measurements like pressure, humidity, and temperature.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Satellite data and analytics
- Modalities
- data feed
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Personal data
- No PII is involved in atmospheric data.
What it means if you hold data
This deal highlights the growing reliance of major government meteorological agencies like NOAA on data from commercial satellite operators to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts and climate models. It validates the business model of selling specialized space-based data to public sector clients for critical applications.