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SENSE AIS receiver

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Spire LEMUR payload for space-based reception of Automatic Identification System vessel signals.

Sensor

SENSE AIS receiver is a passive RF payload for space-based reception of AIS vessel messages. It collects shipborne AIS broadcasts from orbit and is used with terrestrial AIS collection in downstream maritime tracking services ^[1]^[2]. Its receiver frequency set is 161.975 MHz and 162.025 MHz, corresponding to AIS 1 and AIS 2 VHF channels ^[3]. The payload observes vessel identity, position, and voyage broadcasts rather than imagery, so its buyer relevance is maritime traffic awareness, fleet monitoring, and in-situ signal collection from areas where terrestrial receiver coverage is incomplete ^[4]^[2].

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Supply chain position

carried by Spire Lemur-2

addresses Vessel tracking

Sources

[1]NASA CSDA vendor page for Spireagency doc2026-06-16
[2]Kpler / Spire AIS fundamentals documentationoperator datasheet2026-06-16
[3]USCG international VHF marine radio channels and frequencieslegal text2026-06-16
[4]Spire, An Introduction to Automatic Identification Systems (AIS)operator engineering2026-06-16

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SENSE AIS receiver. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/sense-ais (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:sense-ais,
  title = {SENSE AIS receiver},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/sense-ais}
}