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SatVu, legally Satellite Vu, operates the HotSat thermal-infrared satellite constellation for Earth observation customers in the UK.
ACTIVEUK company building a constellation of high-resolution thermal infrared imaging satellites; HotSat-2 launched on SpaceX's Transporter-16 in March 2026 after the pathfinder HotSat-1 failed in orbit. Registered as Global Satellite Vu Ltd.
UK company building a constellation of high-resolution thermal infrared imaging satellites; HotSat-2 launched on SpaceX's Transporter-16 in March 2026 after the pathfinder HotSat-1 failed in orbit. Registered as Global Satellite Vu Ltd.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 5 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 25% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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4 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Equity round: $41.0M
Lead recorded as Molten Ventures. Announced as £30.0M; the dollar figure is the source's own
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Feb 17, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
4 rounds, $82.0M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Source: SpaceNews
Latest round Feb 17, 2026
Also: SpaceNews, TechCrunch, SpaceNews (Satellite Vu press release)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). SatVu: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/satvu
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "SatVu: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/satvu.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_satvu_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{SatVu}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/satvu}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/satvu},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
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