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Satellite Vu

London company building satellites that take heat pictures of the ground, day and night, to show activity at factories, power plants and strategic sites and how hot cities get. Its second satellite entered commercial service in 2026 and a third launched that October. (1 product in the atlas)

Products, by altitude

Low Earth orbit · 160–2,000 km

  • In service

    HotSat

    Heat-sensing satellites that show which buildings are running

Known rounds

DateRoundAmount
Feb 2026Venture round (series not stated)$40M⁠1
Nov 2024Venture round£10M⁠2
Jun 2023Series A2£12.7M⁠3
Mar 2022Strategic investmentUndisclosed⁠4
Oct 2021Series A£15M⁠5
Apr 2021Seed£3.6M⁠6

Government awards

DateAgencyProgramAmount
Jun 2025ESACopernicus Contributing Mission, Category 1 (up to EUR 3M over three years)EUR 3M⁠7
Jan 2025ESAHeat Loss Index development with the University of Glasgow (joint award)EUR 245K⁠8
Jan 2025ESAESA Marketplace support for an energy-sector thermal imaging projectEUR 1M⁠9
Apr 2023UK Government (Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, EEF9)SARM-PV industrial research project for solar farmsGBP 300K⁠10

Milestones

  • Oct 2026 HotSat-3 launched on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare from Vandenberg. Company statement⁠11
  • Jun 2026 SatVu declared start of commercial operations for HotSat-2, beginning routine tasking and delivery of thermal data to customers. Company statement⁠12
  • Mar 2026 HotSat-2 launched on SpaceX's Transporter-16 rideshare from Vandenberg. Company statement⁠13

Sources

  1. SatVu news releaseFeb 17, 2026
  2. Satellite VuNov 28, 2024
  3. Satellite VuJun 2, 2023
  4. Satellite VuMar 1, 2022
  5. Satellite VuOct 21, 2021
  6. Satellite VuApr 24, 2021
  7. Satellite VuJun 25, 2025
  8. Satellite VuJan 29, 2025
  9. Satellite VuJan 13, 2025
  10. Satellite VuApr 6, 2023
  11. SatVu news releaseOct 2, 2026
  12. SatVu news releaseJun 29, 2026
  13. SatVu news releaseMar 30, 2026
  14. SatVu

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