A Better Way to See a Changing Planet
Weatherwave’s mission is to reinvent how Earth is observed from orbit, achieving flagship-class quality with agile, distributed systems that cost a fraction of traditional flagship missions.
Legacy systems like the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) proved that orbital sensing can deliver global, quantitative weather and climate data, but they also revealed the limits of monolithic design: long development cycles, high single-point risk, and billion-dollar replacement costs. Weatherwave exists to solve those constraints. Our architecture replaces “one-of-a-kind” satellites with cooperative constellations that continuously improve, refresh rapidly, and adapt as the planet and the mission both evolve.
Flagship Performance, Startup Agility
By leveraging modern small-sat platforms, modular payloads, and scalable manufacturing, we can reproduce and even exceed the sensing capability of large polar-orbiting observatories for roughly five percent of the cost. This is not a compromise, it is an optimization. Smaller, smarter satellites sharing calibration data and cross-referenced observations can deliver equivalent radiometric and geophysical accuracy, while launching iteratively and integrating lessons with each generation.
Environmental Insight, National Awareness
Many of the same sensing technologies that serve climate and weather forecasting also support situational awareness, disaster response, and national resilience. Weatherwave’s constellations are designed with dual-use potential from the start, so improvements in spectral sensing, temporal coverage, and data latency benefit both civil and intelligence users. We collaborate only within lawful frameworks and with transparent oversight.
Agility is the New Stability
Conditions shift faster than traditional programs can adapt. By replacing a handful of billion-dollar flagships with a living network of cooperative small-sats, Weatherwave delivers persistent coverage, graceful degradation, and continuous improvement, a sensing architecture built to evolve, not expire.