NOAA Funds ASTRA Study to Define Future Weather Satellite Constellation

ASTRA’s next-generation satellite architecture will provide data that feeds U.S. global weather prediction models The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA), LLC a six-month contract to design a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) CubeSats able to meet the agency’s future global weather data requirements. Part of NOAA’s […]

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