Esper Satellite Imagery

From mapping minerals to powering the future: Esper raises A$5M 🛰️ Big news! We've secured A$5M in seed funding to build Australia's first hyperspectral satellite constellation dedicated to critical minerals discovery. While the world races to electrify, a crucial bottleneck remains: finding enough lithium, cobalt, rare earths and other minerals to power the transition. That's where we come in. Our founders Shoaib Iqbal 🛰 📸 and Przemyslaw Lorenczak had a simple question: what if we could see what's beneath the surface without digging? Our answer: the EarthTones platform, which will provide unprecedented mineral mapping capabilities directly to exploration teams. With launches set for 2025-2026 and strong backing from Hejaz and PASPALIS, we're positioning Australia—particularly the mineral-rich Northern Territory—at the forefront of space-enabled resource discovery. Want to learn how space technology is revolutionizing critical mineral exploration? Follow our journey here. Read more about it in the AFR: https://lnkd.in/ghzD2963 #SpaceToMine #CriticalMinerals #AussieTech #CleanEnergyFuture

A huge thank you to the Northern Territory Geological Survey for hosting the Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar last week! 🌏 Esper Satellite’s very own CEO and CTO had the pleasure of attending this incredible event, filled with insightful sessions on the Territory’s minerals and energy resources 🪨 We had a fantastic time connecting with fellow innovators and industry leaders and we can’t wait to be back next year! 🌌 Northern Territory Government #AGES2025 #EsperSatellite #Geoscience #EnergyInnovation #NorthernTerritory

What an honour! 🛰🚀 A huge thank you to the Geospatial Council of Australia for awarding us the Small Business National Innovation Award 🏆 And of course, a massive shoutout to the amazing team at Esper Satellites for all their hard work and dedication. #Innovation #Award #EsperSatellites #Geospatial #SmallBusiness #2025Goals

Our excitement is out of this world! 🛰️😀 We’ve been nominated for the Earth Observation Programme of the Year award at the Australian Space Awards 2025! 🚀 A huge thank you to our incredible team and partners – here’s to continuing our journey of exploration and discovery! 🙌 #EsperSatellites #HyperspectralImaging #AustralianSpaceAwards #SatelliteImagery #innovation Space Connect

🌟 We are hiring a PhD student! 🌟 🗓️ Application Closing Date: Sunday, April 13 📧 More information and to apply: https://lnkd.in/ghnhw5aE Please circulate this post among your network! CSIRO Swinburne University of Technology Esper Satellite Imagery

A new shipment from Sitle has just arrived. We're working with James Buttenshaw and team to develop next-gen Edge Compute capability for our hyperspectral satellites and couldn't be happier to get our hands on some prototype hardware. #EdgeComputer #Hyperspectral #SatelliteImagery

Esper Satellite Imagery, which is building hyperspectral imaging sats to detect mineral deposits on Earth, closed a $5M AUD ($3.1M) seed round to expand its operations on the ground and in orbit. https://lnkd.in/eJMEdKS8

Thrilled to have our A$5m (~US$3.2m) round be mentioned in this morning's issue of Payload. Our CEO, Shoaib Iqbal, spoke in depth with Douglas Gorman from Payload about our upcoming satellite launches and the commercial traction we have been seeing with the mining sector. Esper's doubling down with our customers in the resources sector with our offerings live now. You can visit our website (https://espersatellites.co) and submit tasking and API access requests! https://lnkd.in/gbDHr4si

Esper Satellite Imagery, co-founded by Shoaib Iqbal 🛰 📸 and Przemyslaw Lorenczak, has raised $5 million to launch more satellites, and branch out in the Northern Territory to help detect critical minerals from orbit.

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