Artist’s impression of Spire Global satellite constellation. Credit: Spire Global
AMSTERDAM – Spire Global has established a facility in Munich to develop and manufacture as many as 100 small satellites annually.
With manufacturing plants in Boulder, Colorado, Glasgow, Scotland, and Munich, Spire Global will be able to 300 to 400 satellites a year, Spire CEO Theresa Condor, said during a May 13 earnings call.
“Spire is one of very few companies anywhere with that footprint, and it is meaningful as sovereignty and local production requirements become more central to defense procurement,” Condor said. “It’s exciting that we have those capabilities on both sides of the Atlantic. It is a competitive differentiator for us.”
The first satellites to be integrated in the Munich facility will be for Eurialo, satellite constellation designed to locate and track aircraft by observing their radio-frequency emissions. In addition, the Munich facility, which includes an ISO-certified clean room for satellite and payload processing, will give Spire “the ability to continue to do European-specific sovereign capabilities,” Condor said.
