# The Air Force Is Paying PlanetiQ to Build Weather Satellites It Has Not Yet Launched

- slug: the-air-force-is-paying-planetiq-to-build-weather-satellites-it-has-not-yet-launched
- date: 2026-04-16
- category: Space & Aerospace

PlanetiQ has 3 sats in orbit and a contract for satellites it has not yet built. COSMIC-2 is dying. The Air Force just bet $15M that a 40-fold capacity gap is a problem the private sector can solve faster than the government can.

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