Ships can’t hide from satellites. And with COVID sowing chaos along ocean trade lanes, having “eyes in the sky” is more valuable than ever.
Spire Global, founded in Silicon Valley in 2012, is a top provider of this technology. FreightWaves interviewed Spire Maritime General Manager Simon Van den Dries during the SpaceWaves virtual forum on Thursday.
According to Van den Dries, who is based in Luxembourg, Spire currently has 102 3.5-kilogram microsatellites in orbit. The microsatellites are...
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