Orbital Sidekick (OSK) is helping companies meet their sustainable operation goals by creating the most advanced space-based hyperspectral infrastructure and spectral intelligence in existence. Our real-time insights enable unparalleled target monitoring services for both commercial and defense users on a global scale.
OSK is currently building its GHOSt hyperspectral satellite constellation for deployment in 2022. GHOSt will provide daily target monitoring services to OSK’s customers in the energy, mining, and defense sectors. Services will include oil and gas pipeline monitoring & methane mapping, clean energy resource exploration, sustainable mining practices, precision agriculture and wildfire risk mitigation.
OSK is currently building its GHOSt hyperspectral satellite constellation for deployment in 2022. GHOSt will provide daily target monitoring services to OSK’s customers in the energy, mining, and defense sectors. Services will include oil and gas pipeline monitoring & methane mapping, clean energy resource exploration, sustainable mining practices, precision agriculture and wildfire risk mitigation.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $29.27M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 13.01.2021 | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| - | 11.2 Capit... | 112capital... |
| - | Allied Min... | alliedmind... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.02.2023 | - | $10M | - |
| 14.04.2021 | Series A | $19.27M | Allied Min... |
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| 06.02.2023 | Max Q: Space raise | Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Voyager Space’s new funding Orbital Sidekick’s hyperspectral ambitions News from The Exploration Company, Capella Space, LeoLabs and more Voyager Space raises $80M as it continues development ... |
| 31.01.2023 | Orbital Sidekick raises $10M to bring hyperspectral imaging to oil and gas pipeline monitoring | Historically, oil and gas companies have monitored pipeline leaks using inefficient, expensive methods: workers equipped with handheld optical gas imaging cameras, for example. Or, as Orbital Sidekick CEO Dan Katz put it in a recent intervi... |
| 31.01.2023 | Orbital Sidekick raises $10 million from customers and existing investors | SAN FRANCISCO – Hyperspectral imaging startup Orbital Sidekick raised $10 million in an investment round led by Energy Innovation Capital. “This round is a massive validation of our technology from the energy industry,” Dan Katz, Orbital Si... |
| 14.01.2022 | US Air Force invests $60M in the R&D of the ‘world’s fastest supersonic airliner’ | Aerospace firm Boom Supersonic has gained a contract worth up to $60 million from the US Air Force (USAF) to accelerate the R&D of its upcoming ‘Overture’ supersonic flight-capable aircraft. Awarded via the USAF’s AFWERX innovation arm,... |
| 13.04.2021 | Orbital Sidekick Secures $16 Million Series A to Commercialize Hyperspectral Satellite Monitoring Solutions for Energy and Defense Sectors | |
| 13.04.2021 | Orbital Sidekick, Inc. announced that it has received $16 million in funding from Temasek Holdings Limited, Energy Innovation Capital, Syndicate 708, Allied Minds plc, Eleven Two Capital | Orbital Sidekick, Inc. announced that it has raised $16 million in a round of funding led by returning investor Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited on April 13, 2021. The transaction also involved participation from new investors Energy Inno... |
| 13.04.2021 | Orbital Sidekick Raises $16M Series A Round | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Orbital Sidekick (OSK), the first US commercial company to deploy hyperspectral sensors in space, has announced a $16 million Series A funding round. >> Click here for more funding data on Orbital Sidekick >&... |
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