The best earth observation space startups
27 earth observation companies in the directory, ranked by disclosed funding ($590.6M raised between them), spanning 11 countries.
Satellites that watch the planet: optical, thermal, hyperspectral and radar. Earth observation has quietly become one of the most commercially proven corners of the space economy, selling data to agriculture, insurance, energy and defense.
Planet GraduatedImaging services
Spire GraduatedSpace to cloud analytics
GHGSat Monitoring greenhouse gases
Pixxel Nanosatellite constellation
Capella Space AcquiredGathering information from space
FluroSat AcquiredCrop monitoring and analytics
Earthcube AcquiredMonitoring solutions powered by automation
Sensar AcquiredSatellite monitoring for infrastructure
AIRMO Methane monitoring from orbit
Albedo Satellites for very low Earth orbit
Array Labs 3D radar maps of the whole planet
Axelspace GraduatedOptical microsatellites
ConstellR Surface temperature monitoring
Hawkeye 360 GraduatedGlobal intelligence network
HEO Robotics Space object inspection
Hydrosat Plant health monitored by satellites
Iceye Timely and reliable satellite imagery
iQPS GraduatedAll-weather SAR imagery
Kuva Space Hyperspectral Earth observation
Muon Space Constellations as a service
Orbital Lasers Lasers for debris removal
Picterra Artificial intelligence for Earth imaging
RoGo Fire Fighting wildfires with intelligence
SatVu Thermal imaging from space
SkyWatch Earth observation data
Synspective GraduatedThe StriX SAR constellation
Tropical Weather Analytics, Inc. Hurricane and weather forecasting
How many earth observation space startups are there in 2026?
Space Bandits tracks 27 earth observation companies, 17 of them active, with $590.6M in disclosed funding between them. Every funding figure carries a source.
Which earth observation startup has raised the most?
Planet leads the earth observation sector with $183.1M in disclosed funding.
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