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PlanetiQ

Colorado company whose GNOMES satellites measure how GPS-type signals bend through the atmosphere, producing temperature and moisture profiles that NOAA, NASA and the U.S. military buy for weather forecasting. (1 product in the atlas)

Products, by altitude

Low Earth orbit · 160–2,000 km

  • In service

    GNOMES satellites

    Small satellites that turn navigation signals into weather data

Milestones

  • Sep 2026 NOAA awarded PlanetiQ a two-year task order worth up to $47.3 million (minimum $28.4 million) for GNSS radio occultation and ionospheric data. Company statement⁠1
  • Jun 2026 NASA named PlanetiQ among 14 companies on its Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition On-Ramp 2 contract.⁠2
  • Apr 2026 PlanetiQ was awarded a $15 million, 48-month U.S. Air Force STRATFI contract. Company statement⁠3
  • Sep 2025 PlanetiQ won a $24.3 million NOAA radio occultation data buy (RODB-2), which it called NOAA's largest commercial weather data purchase to date. Company statement⁠4

Sources

  1. PlanetiQ press releaseSep 24, 2026
  2. NASAJun 18, 2026
  3. PlanetiQ newsApr 16, 2026
  4. PlanetiQ newsSep 16, 2025
  5. PlanetiQ

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