ARLA/CLUSTER: O negocio do lançamento dos microsatelites no espaço está em expansão no EUA

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

White House initiative pushes for more tiny satellites

NASA and other agencies are giving microsatellites the resources they need
to thrive.

Miniature satellites are increasingly a big deal, and for good reasons:
they're not only less expensive and easier to deploy than the giant
satellites of old, but can cover wider areas. And the White House wants to
give them a helping hand. It's launching an initiative that will foster
small satellites with the resources they need to flourish.

To start, NASA is not only proposing as much as $30 million toward
purchasing data from these tiny vessels, but creating a Small Spacecraft
Virtual Institute that will offer know-how to organizations.

A more direct effort has the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
awarding Planet a $20 million contract for a fleet of small satellites that
can capture images of "at least" 85 percent of the planet every 15 days.

Read the full story at
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/22/white-house-small-satellite-initiative/
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