HiVE

HiVE
Manufacturer	constellr
Country of origin	Germany; European Union; European Space Agency
Applications	Earth observation
Website	https://www.constellr.com
Specifications
Regime	Sun-synchronous orbit
Production
Launched	2
Operational	2
Maiden launch	14 January 2025
Related spacecraft
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9
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The High-precision Versatile Ecosphere (HiVE) is a satellite constellation of Earth observation satellites under development by the German company constellr. The constellation is designed to deliver high resolution land surface temperature data on a global scale using infrared imaging for agriculture, urban planning, and infrastructure management.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] HiVE is supported and partially funded by the European Space Agency's InCubed programme^[6]^[7]^[8] and contributes to the EU's Copernicus programme for Earth observation.^[9]^[10]^[11] First two satellites of the constellation were launched on two separate flights of Falcon 9 in 2025.^[12]^[13]

Satellites


Name	COSPAR ID	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Flight
SkyBee-1	2025-009BQ	14 January 2025	Falcon 9	Transporter-12^[9]
SkyBee-2	2025-135S	23 June 2025	Falcon 9	Transporter-14^[13]

References

^ "Constellr releases first-light imagery of Tokyo".
^ "HiVE | InCubed". incubed.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ "constellr Captures Tokyo's Thermal Signature in Historic First Satellite Image | Geo Week News". www.geoweeknews.com. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ "constellr Launches First Satellite, Ushering in a New Era of Global Thermal Monitoring - EIT Food". www.eitfood.eu. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ Watch, Space (2025-05-23). "Freiburg start-up: Using satellites to combat the consequences of climate crisis". Space Watch Africa. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ "HiVE (High-precision Versatile Ecosphere) Microsatellite Constellation".
^ Barghini, Tiziana (2025-04-02). "The Space Boom Is Here". Global Finance Magazine. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ "InCubed launches highlight ESA's support for innovation". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "constellr's SkyBee-1 satellite launched into orbit". Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ "Copernicus Contributing Missions: key takeaways from LPS". Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ "constellr awarded multi-million contract by European Commission and European Space Agency". OHB SE. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
^ "SkyBee A01, A02". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Transporter-14 smallsat rideshare mission – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 2025-11-15.

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[1] "Constellr releases first-light imagery of Tokyo".

[2] "HiVE | InCubed". incubed.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[3] "constellr Captures Tokyo's Thermal Signature in Historic First Satellite Image | Geo Week News". www.geoweeknews.com. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[4] "constellr Launches First Satellite, Ushering in a New Era of Global Thermal Monitoring - EIT Food". www.eitfood.eu. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[5] Watch, Space (2025-05-23). "Freiburg start-up: Using satellites to combat the consequences of climate crisis". Space Watch Africa. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[6] "HiVE (High-precision Versatile Ecosphere) Microsatellite Constellation".

[7] Barghini, Tiziana (2025-04-02). "The Space Boom Is Here". Global Finance Magazine. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[8] "InCubed launches highlight ESA's support for innovation". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[:0-9] "constellr's SkyBee-1 satellite launched into orbit". Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[10] "Copernicus Contributing Missions: key takeaways from LPS". Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[11] "constellr awarded multi-million contract by European Commission and European Space Agency". OHB SE. Retrieved 2025-11-16.

[12] "SkyBee A01, A02". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2025-11-15.

[:1-13] "SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Transporter-14 smallsat rideshare mission – Spaceflight Now". Retrieved 2025-11-15.

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v t e ← 2024 Orbital launches in 2025 2026 →
January	Thuraya 4-NGS Shijian 25 Starlink G6-71 (24 satellites) Starlink G12-11 (21 satellites) USA-463,...,USA-484 / Starshield × 22 Starlink G12-12 (21 satellites) Jielong 3 (10 Centispace-1 satellites) Starlink G12-4 (21 satellites) Transporter-12 (131 satellites) Falcon 9 Block 5 (Blue Ghost Mission 1, Hakuto-R Mission 2) New Glenn (Blue Ring) Starship flight test 7† Long March 2D (PRSC-EO1, Tianlu-1, Lantan-1) Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 37-40, Jitianxing A-05) Falcon 9 Block 5 (Starlink G13-1 (21 satellites), USA-485, USA-486 / Starshield × 2) Starlink G11-8 (27 satellites) Qianfan Polar Group 06 (18 satellites) TJS-14 Starlink G11-6 (23 satellites) Starlink G12-7 (21 satellites) GSLV F15 (NVS-02) Spainsat NG I
February	Starlink G11-4 (22 satellites) Michibiki-6 Starlink G12-3 (21 satellites) WorldView Legion 5,WorldView Legion 6 Kosmos-2581, Kosmos-2582, Kosmos-2583 Starlink G12-9 (21 satellites) Kinéis 4 A-E Starlink G11-10 (23 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 02 (9 satellites) Starlink G12-18 (21 satellites) Starlink G12-8 (21 satellites) BlackSky Global 31 Starlink G10-12 (23 satellites) Starlink G12-14 (23 satellites) ChinaSat 10R Starlink G15-1 (22 satellites) Falcon 9 Block 5 (IM-2, Lunar Trailblazer) Starlink G12-13 (21 satellites) Siwei Gaojing 1-03, Siwei Gaojing 1-04 Progress MS-30
March	Kosmos 2584 / GLONASS-K2 №2 Starlink G12-20 (21 satellites) CSO-3 Starship flight test 8† TJS-15 Qianfan Polar Group 05 (18 satellites) Falcon 9 Block 5 (SPHEREx, PUNCH) Starlink G12-21 (21 satellites) Crew-10 QPS-SAR-9 Siwei Gaojing 3-02 Transporter-13 (74 satellites) Starlink G12-16 (23 satellites) Kosmos 2585 / Strela-3M №19, Kosmos 2586 / Strela-3M №20, Kosmos 2587 / Strela-3M №21 Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 55-60, AIRSAT-06, AIRSAT-07) Kinéis 5 A-E Starlink G12-25 (23 satellites) USA-487,...,USA-497 / Starshield × 11 Ceres-1 (Yunyao-1 43-48) USA-498 OTC Phase 1 (8 satellites) Tianlian II-04 Starlink G11-7 (27 satellites) TJS-16 Spectrum† Starlink G6-80 (28 satellites)
April	Fram2 Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan 6 A-D Tianping 3A-02 Starlink G11-13 (27 satellites) Starlink G6-72 (28 satellites) Starlink G11-11 (27 satellites) Soyuz MS-27 TJS-17 USA-499,...,USA-520 / Starshield × 22 Starlink G12-17 (21 satellites) Starlink G6-73 (27 satellites) USA-521, USA-522 Shiyan 27 A-F USA-523,...,USA-544 / Starshield × 22 CRS-32 Bandwagon-3 Shenzhou 20 Starlink G6-74 (28 satellites) Tianlian II-05 Starlink G12-23 (21 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 03 (10 satellites) Starlink G11-9 (27 satellites) Project Kuiper KA-01 (27 satellites) Starlink G12-10 (23 satellites) Biomass LM400†
May	Starlink G6-75 (28 satellites) Starlink G6-84 (29 satellites) Starlink G6-93 (28 satellites) Starlink G15-3 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-91 (28 satellites) Yaogan 40 Group 02 (3 satellites) TJS-19 Starlink G15-4 (26 satellites) Starlink G6-83 (28 satellites) Taikong Jisuan 1-12 Starlink G6-67 (28 satellites) Starlink G15-5 (26 satellites) Zhuque-2E (Tianyi 29, Tianyi 34-35, Tianyi 42, Tianyi 45-46) QPS-SAR-10 PSLV-C60 (EOS-09)† Ceres-1 (Tianqi 16-18, Tianqi-20) ChinaSat 3B Starlink G12-15 (23 satellites) Kinetica 1 (Taijing-3-04, Taijing-4-02-A, Xingrui-11, Xiguang-1 02, Xingjiyuan-1, Lifang108-001) Kosmos-2588 Starlink G11-16 (27 satellites) Starlink G12-22 (23 satellites) Starlink G17-1 (24 satellites) Starship flight test 9† Starlink G10-32 (27 satellites) Tianwen-2 Shijian 26 USA-545 Starlink G11-18 (27 satellites)
June	BlackSky Global 32 Starlink G12-19 (23 satellites) Starlink G11-22 (27 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 04 (10 satellites) SXM-10 Starlink G15-8 (26 satellites) Starlink G12-24 (23 satellites) QPS-SAR-11 Starlink G15-6 (26 satellites) Starlink G12-23 (23 satellites) CSES-02 Starlink G15-9 (26 satellites) Starlink G10-18 (28 satellites) Kosmos-2589 ChinaSat 9C Starlink G10-23 (27 satellites) Project Kuiper KA-02 (27 satellites) Axiom Mission 4 Starlink G10-16 (27 satellites) HawkEye 360 Cluster 12 (3 satellites) Starlink G10-34 (27 satellites) Echostar Lyra GOSAT-GW Starlink G15-7 (26 satellites)
July	MTG-S1 Starlink G10-25 (27 satellites) Shiyan 28 B-01 Progress MS-31 Starlink G10-28 (28 satellites) Dror-1 Tianzhou 9 Starlink G15-2 (26 satellites) Project Kuiper KF-01 (24 satellites) Starlink G17-3 (24 satellites) O3b mPOWER 9 & 10 TRACERS Ionosfera-M n°3 & n°4 CO3D, MicroCarb Starlink G10-26 (28 satellites) Starlink G17-2 (24 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 05 (9 satellites) Kunpeng-03 Eris TestFlight1† Starlink G10-29 (28 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 06 (9 satellites) NISAR PRSC-S1
August	Starlink G13-4 (19 satellites) Crew-11 Starlink G10-30 (28 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 07 (9 satellites) QPS-SAR-12 Geely Constellation Group 04 (11 satellites) Project Kuiper KF-02 (24 satellites) MetOp-SG A1 USSF-106 SatNet LEO Group 08 (10 satellites) Starlink G17-4 (24 satellites) Starlink G10-20 (28 satellites) ZQ-2E† Shiyan 28 B-02 SatNet LEO Group 09 (5 satellites) Starlink G17-5 (24 satellites) Kinetica 1 (AIRSAT-05, Tianyan 26, Duogongneng Shiyan-2 01-03, ThumbSat-1/2) Bion-M No.2 Kosmos-2590, Kosmos-2591, Kosmos-2592, Kosmos-2593 OTV-8 Starlink G17-6 (24 satellites) Echostar Lyra-2 CRS-33 SatNet LEO Group 10 (9 satellites) NAOS Starship flight test 10 Starlink G10-56 (28 satellites) Starlink G10-11 (28 satellites) Starlink G17-7 (24 satellites) Starlink G10-14 (28 satellites)
September	Ofeq-19 Starlink G17-8 (24 satellites) Starlink G10-22 (28 satellites) Shiyan 29 Ceres-1 (Kaiyun-1, Yuxing-3-08, Yunyao-27) Starlink G10-57 (28 satellites) Yaogan 40 Group 03 (3 satellites) Starlink G17-9 (24 satellites) Geely Constellation Group 05 (11 satellites) Yaogan 45 T1TL-B (21 satellites) Progress MS-32 Nusantara Lima Kosmos-2595, Kosmos-2596 Starlink G17-10 (24 satellites) Cygnus NG-23 SatNet test satellite Starlink G10-61 (28 satellites) Starlink G17-12 (24 satellites) Starlink G10-27 (28 satellites) USA-556,...,USA-567 / Starshield × 11 Geely Constellation Group 06 (12 satellites) IMAP, SWFO-L1, Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Starlink G10-15 (28 satellites) Project Kuiper KA-03 (27 satellites) Starlink G17-11 (24 satellites) Fengyun-3H SatNet LEO Group 11 (9 satellites) Starlink G11-20 (28 satellites) Shiyan 30-01, Shiyan 30-02
October	Starlink G11-39 (28 satellites) Starlink G10-59 (28 satellites) Starlink G11-17 (28 satellites) Jilin-1 Wideband-02B-07 Shiyan 31 Starship flight test 11 Project Kuiper KF-03 (24 satellites) StriX-5 SDA T1TL-C (21 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 12 (9 satellites) Starlink G10-52 (28 satellites) Qianfan Polar Group 18 (18 satellites) PRSC-HS1, AIRSAT-03/04 Starlink G10-17 (28 satellites) Starlink G11-19 (28 satellites) Starlink G11-5 (28 satellites) TJS-20 Spainsat NG-II Starlink G11-12 (28 satellites) HTV-X1 (HMU-SAT2, LEOPARD) Gaofen-14 02 Starlink G10-21 (28 satellites) Starlink G11-21 (28 satellites) Starlink G10-37 (29 satellites) Shenzhou 21 Starlink G11-23 (28 satellites)
November	Bandwagon-4 (18 satellites) GSAT-7R Yaogan 46 Sentinel-1D QPS-SAR-14 Starlink G6-81 (29 satellites) Starlink G11-14 (28 satellites) Shiyan 32-01, 02, 03 Chutian 2-01, 02 Starlink G10-51 (29 satellites) SatNet LEO Group 13 (9 satellites) Jilin-1 High Resolution-04C† Starlink G6-87 (29 satellites) ESCAPADE ViaSat 3 F2 EMEA Starlink G6-89 (29 satellites) Starlink G6-85 (29 satellites) Sentinel-6B Starlink G6-94 (29 satellites) Shijian-30A, B, C Electron "Follow My Speed" Starlink G6-78 (29 satellites) TJS-21 Starlink G6-79 (29 satellites) Starlink G11-30 (28 satellites) Shenzhou 22
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

Satellites

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References