Spire Global (Spire), another small satellite constellation play, emerged in 2012 and has since been successful in fundraising as well as generating a mini ecosystem for different uses of its satellites. When founder Peter Platzer first conceived of Spire, it looked more like a space-education opportunity. Platzer pitched an earlier iteration of the company, known as NanoSatisfi, at the Space Frontier Foundation’s New Space Business Plan Competition in 2012.
