Sidus Space announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted Sidus a Tier 1 remote sensing license to include Panchromatic (PAN) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) imaging capabilities. This approval includes Sidus' upcoming LizzieSat? scheduled for launch in March 2024, as well as subsequent LizzieSat satellites.

Through this new license authority, Sidus LizzieSat? satellites will collect and distribute images and data to government and commercial customers supporting a wide range of applications. The Sidus?

PAN and SWIR imagers will flow high-quality, diverse satellite data into FeatherBox Artificial Intelligence onboard processor which integrates the images with time synced Automated Information Systems (AIS) and GPS data to provide near real-time customer status regarding marine traffic trends, illegal fishing activities, methane emission locations and quantities, and vegetative stress implications on crop production around the globe. LizzieSat is expected to launch in March 2024 on SpaceX?s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California and remain in space for data collection for four years of operation.