HYDROSAT INC

Washington, DC · Founded 2017 · Aerospace · Private

Thermal infrared satellite data and analytics platform for resource monitoring and change detection

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · hydrosat.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Washington, DC
Founded: 2017
Latest Form D: $17.9M, Aug 2025
Total capital: $25.8M

Federal grants: $1.3M; 2 awards · 2019–2022; Rank in peer group#10 of 13
Private capital raised: $20.5M; 4 Form D · last Aug 2025; 14 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $4M; 6 awards · Interior, Defense, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#375 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2026Federal contractNASA · Delivery Of Metadata For Archive, In Accordance With The Instructions Specified Rfp No. 80HQTR25R7003 Section 111.10 Offer Volume.$500
Aug 2025Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$17.9M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · The Air Force, Space Force, And DOD Have An Acute Need For High Spatial And High Temporal Resolution Thermal Imaging Satellite Datasets. These Datasets Will Provide The Insights Required For Decision Making And Full Spectrum Awareness.$1.9M
May 2023Federal contractDefense · Persistent Surface Temperature Tipping For Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance Of Thermal Anomalies And Trends$75K
May 2022Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$15M
May 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Next-Generation Daily High Resolution Surface Temperature for Thermal Anomaly Detection$1.2M
May 2022Federal contractDefense · Next-generation Daily High Resolution Surface Temperature For Thermal Anomaly Detection$1.2M
Nov 2021Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$5M
Apr 2021Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.7M

Show 3 earlier federal awards

Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · Innovative Defense-related Dual-purpose Technologies/solutions SBIR Phase II Traditional Open Topic Contract F2-11491$749K
Aug 2019Federal contractInterior · Low Earth Orbit, Satellites, Thermal Sensor, High Temperature, Leo$75K
Mar 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$50K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Federal first

25months

from HYDROSAT INC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Mar 2019: Defense · $50K
First Form D · Apr 2021: $2.7M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 3 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 13 peers

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Aerospace · Satellite · Instrument

Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Scott Alan SoenenResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $1.2M in grants as PI
Adam Robert NiewinskiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Alan Royce DalbyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Andrew Robert DearingDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Lori Robert GarverDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Pieter Royce FosselExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

Show all 8 people

Ryan Lars JohnsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Yun Jin KimExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

How to read this page

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.