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UK-built nanosatellites set for launch – BBC Focus Magazine
The satellites will monitor shipping movements from low-Earth orbit.
Two shoebox-sized supercomputer satellites, built in the UK to monitor shipping movements from low-Earth orbit, are due for launch on 28 September.
The nanosatellites, which received more than £6 million in funding from the UK Space Agency, will join more than 100 other space objects providing support to maritime trade.
Made by Spire Global UK in Glasgow, each device has an onboard supercomputer with machine-learning algorithms that can provide hyper-accurate predictions of the locations of bo…
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