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accession: "0000950170-25-015915"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPIR"
cik: "0001816017"
company_name: "Spire Global, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T01:00:28.284850+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spire Global wins Can$72M Canadian government contract for WildFireSat satellite constellation

## Summary
- Contract valued at Can$71.8 million (incl. HST) for design and development of WildFireSat constellation to monitor all active Canadian wildfires from space.
- Spire partners with OroraTech for payloads; launch planned for 2029 with minimum five-year operation by Canadian Space Agency.
- Will expand Cambridge, Ontario office to add satellite manufacturing and test equipment for domestic production.
- WildFireSat targets late afternoon 'peak burn period' gap in satellite coverage; Canadian wildfire costs ~Can$1B annually.
- Contract term ends September 31, 2027, with potential extension up to five years after final phase completion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-015915
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPIR
- cik: 0001816017
- company_name: Spire Global, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025015915/0000950170-25-015915-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025015915/spir-20250120.htm

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