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Data in Space: The Exabytes from Orbit
The proliferation of data from space is changing how we understand life on Earth.
October 18, 2021 • 6 min read Technology
The Small Satellite (Smallsat) Revolution
It's a new space age of small hardware and big data. Thousands of small satellites will launch in the coming years creating a tsunami of space data.
October 11, 2021 • 6 min read Technology
Data Storage in Space: a Cosmic Challenge
This is part one of a three-part series about data storage in the new space age. Design by Aisha Alkinaey. Space is austere. It’s an airless vacuum. Temperatures can swing from hundreds of degrees near the sun to so cold that atomic motion slows to a crawl. For engineers and scientists designing satellites and other spacecraft, […]
October 4, 2021 • 6 min read Technology