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UK-built shoebox-sized satellites have launched into space

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Four shoebox-sized satellites have successfully been launched into space, to help monitor shipping movements from low-Earth orbit. The satellites were all built in Scotland by global data and analytics company Spire, with the help of £6 million in government funding. They were successfully transported into space on a Soyuz launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at … Read more

Two UK-built shoebox-sized supercomputer satellites set for lift-off

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Two shoebox-sized supercomputer satellites, built in Scotland to monitor shipping movements from low-Earth orbit, are due for launch this afternoon. Each nanosatellite has an onboard supercomputer with machine learning algorithms that can provide ‘hyper-accurate predictions’ of the locations of boats. The the so-called ‘Spire’ satellites will calculate their arrival times at ports to help businesses … Read more