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Spire Global, trading as SPIR, operates a multi-purpose nanosatellite constellation delivering weather, maritime AIS, and aviation ADS-B data from space-based sensors.
SPIRACTIVESpire Global provides space-based data and analytics collected through its constellation of multi-purpose nanosatellites; its solutions include space reconnaissance, aviation (ADS-B), weather and climate, and space services. It sold its maritime business to Kpler in April 2025.
Spire Global provides space-based data and analytics collected through its constellation of multi-purpose nanosatellites; its solutions include space reconnaissance, aviation (ADS-B), weather and climate, and space services. It sold its maritime business to Kpler in April 2025.
Rank 45 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 29 and 57.
5 of 6 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice. Full disclaimer
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1100, Vienna, Virginia 22182
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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3 private rounds on record before Aug 2021. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Hiring
34 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SPACE CRAFT AND GROUND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHEET DELIVERY ORDER AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SECTION M OF THE IDIQ.
DoD · $5K · Sep 11, 2025
Latest funding round
Private Placement · $70M
Apr 9, 2026
Latest SEC filing
8-K · Oct 5, 2026 · EDGAR ↗
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 13 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
5 awards, $18.7M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Aug 31, 2023 to Sep 11, 2025; most from DoD (2 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Sep 11, 2025
Latest space award
$5K from DoD
CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SPACE CRAFT AND GROUND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHEET DELIVERY ORDER AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED IN SECTION M O...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Sep 11, 2025
SEC filings, last 12 months
105 filings
Including 5 periodic reports and 16 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Oct 5, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
6 rounds, $502.5M 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.
Open roles
34 open roles
90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: A current posting on the company jobs board
Counted Oct 14, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
74 in orbit of 204 launched
Latest: Lemur-2-Deloitte-6
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes EXESP, SPIRE, SPIREG. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 7, 2026
Satellites built
251 payloads launched, 96 in orbit
Latest: Lemur-2-Deloitte-6
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes EXESP, SPIRE, SPIREG. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 7, 2026
Deloitte Space, El Segundo
Owns 6 satellites it built (latest Lemur-2-Deloitte-6)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jul 7, 2026
Spire Global Luxembourg
Owns 51 satellites it built (latest Lemur-2 FikretDengiz)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jan 11, 2026
Lacuna Space
Owns 6 satellites it built (latest Lemur-2-Celijo-SB-PK)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Nov 28, 2025
Department of Defense
2 space awards, $14.0M obligated
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Spire Global: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spire-global
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Spire Global: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spire-global.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_spireglobal_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Spire Global}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spire-global}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spire-global},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}Owns 10 satellites it built (latest OTC-P1-1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Mar 26, 2025
Department of Commerce
1 space award, $10K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Sep 4, 2024
Myriota Pty Ltd
Owns 11 satellites it built (latest Lemur-2 Ahmed-Asrar)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Aug 16, 2024
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2 space awards, $4.7M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 15, 2024
Took part in SPAC Merger (Aug 16, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 16, 2021
Bloom Tree Partners
Took part in SPAC Merger (Aug 16, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 16, 2021
Hedosophia
Took part in SPAC Merger (Aug 16, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 16, 2021
Jaws Estates Capital
Took part in SPAC Merger (Aug 16, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 16, 2021
NavSight Holdings, Inc.
Recorded as lead of SPAC Merger (Aug 16, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 16, 2021
Tiger Global Management
Took part in SPAC Merger (Aug 16, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 16, 2021
Took part in Series C (Aug 17, 2017)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 17, 2017
Took part in Series C (Aug 17, 2017)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 17, 2017
Took part in Series C (Aug 17, 2017)
SEC EDGAR, Aug 17, 2017
Estimated: around Wed, Dec 16, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Wed, Dec 17, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Wed, Aug 12, 2026, after the market closed · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Prospectus (424B3)
Sets or updates the terms of an offering; a 424B3 is often a resale prospectus for existing holders rather than new money. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Prospectus (424B3) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Prospectus (424B3)
Sets or updates the terms of an offering; a 424B3 is often a resale prospectus for existing holders rather than new money. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Prospectus (424B3) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov ·
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Prospectus (424B3)
Sets or updates the terms of an offering; a 424B3 is often a resale prospectus for existing holders rather than new money. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Prospectus (424B3) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Prospectus (424B3)
Sets or updates the terms of an offering; a 424B3 is often a resale prospectus for existing holders rather than new money. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Prospectus (424B3) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)