Aperture provides daily, acre‑scale soil moisture maps using low‑frequency L‑band radar on dedicated satellites, calibrated with a network of ground sensors. The data are delivered via a web dashboard, mobile apps, and API, enabling precision irrigation for growers and large‑scale water‑resource monitoring for government and sustainability agencies.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Accurate, high‑resolution soil moisture data are essential for irrigation management, water‑resource monitoring, and environmental reporting, yet existing measurement methods rely on sparse ground probes or satellite systems that lack the frequency diversity needed to penetrate vegetation and soil, limiting spatial coverage and reliability.
Solution
Aperture operates a vertically integrated platform that combines low‑frequency L‑band radar payloads on dedicated satellites with a cloud‑based analytics service. The unique low‑frequency signals penetrate canopy and topsoil, enabling daily, acre‑scale moisture estimates that are calibrated against a network of over 800 ground sensors. The processed data are delivered through a web dashboard and API, providing real‑time alerts, high‑resolution moisture maps, and historical archives. This capability supports precision irrigation for growers, environmental monitoring for government and defense agencies, and verified water‑stewardship reporting for sustainability programs.
Target Audience
Primary customers are commercial farmers and agribusinesses seeking precision irrigation, as well as government, defense, and sustainability organizations that require reliable, large‑scale soil moisture intelligence for water management and environmental reporting.
Features
- Low‑frequency (L‑band) radar payloads designed to see through vegetation and into the soil, delivering measurements unavailable to conventional optical or high‑frequency SAR satellites
- Daily moisture updates with 95 % accuracy validated against 20 M+ measurements from 800+ ground sites
- Acre‑level moisture maps and alerts accessible via web, tablet, and mobile apps, with integration options for popular irrigation control systems
- Historical data archive and trend analysis tools for long‑term water‑resource planning
- Scalable cloud analytics pipeline that processes raw radar returns into calibrated soil moisture products
- API and data export compliant with government and enterprise data‑handling standards