Tiny satellites for weather prediction?
Spire's groundbreaking nanosatellites may expedite efforts in data collection, environmental protection
Singapore
IMAGINE a world in which weather prediction could be as simple as taking a close glimpse at Earth's surface despite increasingly freakish weather. Recent developments in the aerospace industry have made such a future more possible than ever.
Satellite-powered data company Spire has just unveiled plans to launch a network of new shoebox-sized nanosatellites into space. The devices are projected to reduce the estimated US$5.7 trillion annual impact of weather on the US economy substantially, and vastly improve forecasting.
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