{"id":1697,"date":"2026-04-02T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spire-global-satellite-advances-earths-magnetic-field-measurements-for-magquest-challenge\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:11:10","slug":"spire-global-satellite-advances-earths-magnetic-field-measurements-for-magquest-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spire-global-satellite-advances-earths-magnetic-field-measurements-for-magquest-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Spire Global Satellite Advances Earth’s Magnetic Field Measurements for MagQuest Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spire Global<\/strong>, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and intelligence, has successfully launched a satellite as part of the MagQuest Challenge, a prize challenge through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to advance how Earth\u2019s magnetic field is measured, with multi-million-dollar prize awards. The satellite was launched aboard SpaceX\u2019s Transporter 16 mission. The mission combines Spire’s vertically integrated satellite infrastructure with SBQuantum’s first-of-its-kind diamond quantum magnetometer system to provide a novel, commercial approach to geomagnetic data collection and demonstrate diamond-powered geomagnetic data collections from low Earth orbit (LEO).<\/p>\n

MagQuest is a multi-phase open innovation challenge designed to evaluate new ideas to increase the efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of geomagnetic data for the WMM, the NGA\u2019s representation of the Earth\u2019s magnetic field. The WMM is currently used in essential public and military systems, including mobile navigation applications, surveying tools, antennas, solar panels, and GPS. \u201cReliable positioning, navigation, and timing is a growing priority, particularly in GPS-degraded environments,\u201d said Quintin Jones<\/strong>, Vice President and Head of North America at Spire Global<\/strong>. \u201cThrough the MagQuest challenge, we\u2019re demonstrating how commercial satellite infrastructure can support new approaches to geomagnetic data collection and help advance technologies used by millions every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe launch of our diamond quantum magnetometer into orbit represents a major milestone for SBQuantum and for the future of global navigation on land, air and sea. We thank the NGA for the opportunity to demonstrate what the device can do in the extreme conditions of space,\u201d said David Roy-Guay<\/strong>, Founder of SBQuantum.<\/strong> \u201cWith the help of our partners at Spire, our device will relay continuous monitoring of the Earth\u2019s magnetic field down from space, providing crucial data to power the World Magnetic Model and all electronic compasses, including those found in smartphones.”<\/p>\n

Spire and SBQuantum will demonstrate operations of the satellite system and provide data to NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information and NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center for assessment. There may be an opportunity for additional funding at the end of the challenge to sustain operations and data provisions beyond the three-year period. The results of MagQuest will inform NGA\u2019s acquisition strategy for a WMM global magnetic field data collection capability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spire Global, a global provider of space-based data, analytics and intelligence, has successfully launched a satellite as part of the MagQuest Challenge, a prize challenge through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to advance how Earth\u2019s magnetic field is measured, with multi-million-dollar prize awards. The satellite was launched aboard SpaceX\u2019s Transporter 16 mission. The mission combines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,28,20,62],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-magnetometers","tag-satellite","tag-solar-panels"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}