NASA-developed tech supports ocean wind speed measurements from commercial satellite
WASHINGTON - A science antenna developed with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) is now in low-Earth orbit aboard MuSat2, a commercial remote-sensing satellite flown by the aerospace company Muon Space. The dual-frequency science antenna was originally developed as part of the Next Generation GNSS Bistatic Radar Instrument (NGRx). Aboard MuSat2, it will help measure ocean surface wind speed—an essential data point for scientists trying to forecast how severe a burgeoning hurricane will become, NASA reports. Continue reading original article.
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13 November 2024 - "We’re very interested in adopting this technology and pushing it forward, both from a technology perspective and a product perspective," said Jonathan Dyer, CEO of Muon, a California-based space technology company specializing in the designing, building, and operating satellite constellations.
MuSat2 will use this antenna to capture signals from navigation satellites as they bounce off Earth’s surface and return to space. By analyzing how these scattered signals change upon interacting with the Earth, MuSat2 will supply meteorologists with valuable data to aid in studying severe weather patterns.
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