Spire Mission

Objectives and Applications

Composed of more than 90 LEMUR nanosatellites. Each satellite is multi-payload, equipped with different sensors to collect global radio frequency data in near-real-time.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Spire
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Spire, Spire, Spire, Spire, Spire, Spire
Launch Date
03 Aug 2013
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2031
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
500 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #s
55013 (TLE), 55014 (TLE), 55017 (TLE), 55037 (TLE), 55038 (TLE), 55088 (TLE)
International Designators
2023-001E, 2023-001F, 2023-001J, 2023-001AE, 2023-001AF, 2023-001CH

Mission Instruments

AIRSAFE - AIRSAFE
SENSE - SENSE
STRATOS - STRATOS

Mission Measurements

Featured Datasets

Spire Live and Historical Data
Jan-2013
Spire constellation is composed of more than 100 LEMUR nanosatellites. Each satellite is multi-payload, equipped with different sensors to collect global radio frequency data in near-real-time. ESA offers worldwide access to Spire data (both historical and live products) via the TPM scheme. - Read more

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Spire live and historical data
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