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NOAA Funds ASTRA Study to Define Future Weather Satellite Constellation

LOUISVILLE, Colo., June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 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. On Jan. 4 a large presence of stratocumulus clouds was the central focus of camera lenses which remained aimed at…