{"id":8229,"date":"2023-09-02T01:58:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-awards-4-6-million-contract-to-spire-global-to-develop-noaa-sounder\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T01:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:58:14","slug":"nasa-awards-4-6-million-contract-to-spire-global-to-develop-noaa-sounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-awards-4-6-million-contract-to-spire-global-to-develop-noaa-sounder\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Awards $4.6 Million Contract to Spire Global to Develop NOAA Sounder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/spire_C_638291654644136811.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"NASA Awards $4.6 Million Contract to Spire Global to Develop NOAA Sounder\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/spire_C_638291654644136811.png\" style=\"opacity: 0.0120416;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/spire_C_638291654644136811.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Spire Global, one of the leading providers of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a $4.6 million, 12-month contract by NASA on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to participate in NOAA\u2019s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA) Phase-A study.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During this phase, Spire will compete with three other companies to develop a Microwave Sounder for NOAA\u2019s Near-Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program. Following the completion of the 12-month contract, a single sounder from the finalists may be selected for additional contract phases that may lead to integration into NOAA\u2019s NEON program series of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, with the initial launch scheduled for no earlier than 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The data collected from the final Microwave Sounder will be used towards advancing Earth observation, providing insights into various atmospheric properties such as temperature, humidity, cloud cover, and composition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NOAA LEOS program series is facilitating a new phase of Earth observation driven by technology, innovation and a commitment to understanding our planet\u2019s dynamic systems,\u201d said <strong>Chuck Cash, Vice President of Federal Sales at Spire<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to leverage Spire\u2019s expertise in satellite technology to advance Earth observation and empower meteorologists, scientists, and researchers with more precise insights into atmospheric properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rA_Bzc5hk8g?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spire Global, one of the leading providers of space-based data, analytics, and space services, announced it was awarded a $4.6 million, 12-month contract by NASA on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to participate in NOAA\u2019s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA) Phase-A study.&nbsp; During this phase, Spire will compete with three other [&hellip;]<\/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":[25,20],"class_list":["post-8229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229"}],"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=8229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}