secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Spire Global, Inc. (SPIR)
CIK:        0001816017
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-015915
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025015915/0000950170-25-015915-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816017/000095017025015915/spir-20250120.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-015915

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