The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”) and SPAC company Pine Technology Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: PTOC, PTOCW, PTOCU) have announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that would result in Tomorrow.io becoming a public company. Upon closing of the business combination, the newly combined company will operate as Tomorrow.io and trade on Nasdaq under the […]
Weather
EUMETSAT Council’s ‘Green Light’ For Weather + Climate Data Improvement
The European meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has consolidated their position as a leading provider of weather, climate and Earth system data and has announced a series of new agreements, contracts and data exchange arrangements today. Many of the new arrangements, approved by EUMETSAT’s governing council this week, flow from the organization’s recent signing of the […]
EUMETSAT’s Council Goes With Improving Weather And Climate Data
The European meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has consolidated its position as a leading provider of weather, climate and Earth system data, announcing a series of new agreements, contracts and data exchange arrangements today. Many of the new arrangements, approved by EUMETSAT’s governing council this week, flow from the organization’s recent signing of the Copernicus 2.0 […]
Funding From UKI2S Received By Atheras Analytics For Their SaaS Platform
Atheras Analytics has secured funding from the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) — this funding will allow the company to extend the capabilities of their SaaS-based software tools to cover a wider range of satellites and orbits. Founded in August 2020, Atheras Analytics’ core technology is based on research that has been conducted […]
SI Imaging Services Partners To Track Gases With GHGSat
SI Imaging Services (SIIS) has begun a collaborative partnership with GHGSat, a Canadian satellite company specializing in greenhouse gas monitoring from space. Effective June 16th, 2021, SI Imaging Services began acting as GHGSat’s first reseller within South Korea and East Asia. The partnership’s main objective is to provide remote-sensing data of methane emissions in South […]
Spire Global’s Contract With NASA X-59’s Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing
The contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $29 million and an eight-year period of performance. Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“the Company” or “Spire”), provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has been included as a subcontractor in an award contract between Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. (HMMH) and the National Aeronautics and Space […]
OHB Sweden To Use ANYWAVES Antennas In The Arctic
When weather conditions are decidedly cold, accuracy in weather predictions must be observed. OHB Sweden has been appointed as the prime contractor for the development of a European Space Agency Arctic satellite program and will use ANYWAVES antennas for satellite telemetry, telecommand, geolocation and also for the data downlink. By providing global measurements of atmospheric […]
Ball Aerospace Selected By NASA To Study NOAA’s GeoXO Program
Ball Aerospace has been selected by NASA for a 20-month contract for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Phase A sounder (GXS) study within NOAA’s GeoXO program. Ball will study hyperspectral infrared (IR) sounder instrument design options. Hyperspectral IR sounder observations from GEO will provide a new 3D atmospheric data […]
L3Harris Technologies Selected By NASA To Improve U.S. Weather Forecasting
NASA has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) to conduct a second advanced study to significantly improve the accuracy and timeliness of U.S. weather forecasting. The weather prediction modeling study, slated to begin this month, will allow L3Harris to test and evaluate an advanced concept for satellite weather sensors – called ‘sounders’ – that measure temperature and […]
AAC Clyde Space’s Sirius Avionics Contracted By OHB Sweden Prime For Inclusion In ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite
AAC Clyde Space has been contracted by OHB Sweden to deliver their Sirius command and data handling unit worth approximately 545 kEUR (approx. 5.6 MSEK) to ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite. OHB Sweden is the mission prime contractor for the Arctic Weather Satellite, providing the satellite platform and system integration. AAC Clyde Space received an order […]