Marble Imaging has raised an additional €6 million in financing led by Cherry Ventures to expand its planned Earth-observation satellite constellation. Announced on November 9, 2026, the investment extends the company’s earlier €5.3 million seed round and brings total seed financing to €11.3 million.
The Bremen-based business combines satellite imagery with analytical software. Its first spacecraft, Marble Sat-1, nicknamed Morgana, is scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2027. The company reports that testing was completed in October 2026.
Two Generations of Imaging Satellites
Marble’s first-generation design targets 0.7-meter spatial resolution in visible and near-infrared imagery and eight-meter resolution in shortwave infrared. The instrument’s 11 spectral bands span wavelengths from 490 to 1,661 nanometers.
These specifications describe complementary forms of observation. Spatial resolution concerns the ground detail represented in an image. Spectral bands separate measurements into selected wavelength ranges, allowing different information to be extracted from the same observed area.
Visible wavelengths provide familiar image information. Near-infrared and shortwave-infrared measurements extend the observations beyond human vision. Marble’s design combines those measurements in a single satellite payload, with different spatial-resolution targets for the two groups of bands.
Marble is also developing a second generation with Safran REOSC. Its published targets are 0.45-meter visible and near-infrared resolution and shortwave-infrared resolution of up to five meters. The company aims for daily revisits by 2028 with its first generation and hourly revisits of areas of interest by 2030 with its second generation.
From Image Collection to Analysis
The financing supports a business that already provides analysis of Earth-observation data. Marble’s services include object detection, terrain and trafficability assessments, coastal monitoring, and land-cover classification. These products convert imagery into information about objects, locations, and changes on the ground.
In an interview with Tech Funding News, chief executive Robert Hook said the company’s customer portal was already operating and that Marble had more than 10 customers. He described plans to ship Morgana to California in December for a targeted February launch with SpaceX.
Hook also outlined a six-month orbital demonstration, including a test of an optical data link supplied by Odysseus Space. An optical link transmits information using light.
The new seed extension is intended to accelerate satellite and launch procurement. Marble’s stated deployment goal is 30 satellites by 2030, linking expanded image collection with its analytical services.
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