EPISODE 71: Joel Spark - Co-founder and Chief Satellite Architect at Spire, unlocking the digital frontier and the quest to build a second earth

Spire Global is a data and analytics company that uses nanosatellites to track global data sets, such as maritime, aviation, and weather patterns. It operates a fleet of over 110 CubeSats, the second largest commercial constellation by number of satellites, and the largest by number of sensors. The satellites are designed and built in-house, and the company has launched over 140 of them since its inception. Spire has offices in several locations around the world, including San Francisco, Boulder, Washington D.C., Glasgow, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Cambridge, Ontario. It was founded in 2012 as NanoSatisfi Inc. and rebranded as Spire in 2014. The company has raised multiple rounds of funding, including a $25 million Series A round in 2014 and a $40 million Series B round in 2015.Host: Markus MooslechnerGuest: Joel SparkPublished by: Torsten KrieningSpaceWatch.Global GmbH, headquartered in Stahnsdorf, Germany. In the true journalistic spirit, neutrality, ethics and integrity are at our core. SpaceWatch.Global abides by the Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics; we seek the truth and report on it. GermanySpaceWatch.Global GmbHRuhlsdorfer Str. 9514532 StahnsdorfWebsite: www.spacewatch.globalEmail: [email protected] distribution Partner: Bookwire - www.bookwire.de Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.