This Small Satellite Could Predict the Next Hurricane | Short Film Showcase
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2017
- For the past several decades, we’ve relied on massive, billion-dollar satellites to collect data. Aerospace company Spire is revolutionizing the industry with their CubeSat satellite design. Each device is about the size of a shoe box and can collect and transmit weather data 10,000 times a day-six times more frequently than older models. Spire’s satellites could be key to finally reining in the stubbornly unpredictable world of weather forecasting, giving us a better idea of when to pack an umbrella and even warning the world’s most vulnerable populations of an impending natural disaster. Production company Freethink documents the work of Spire in this episode from the series The New Space Race.
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Lots of people don't know what and how orbital debris works but acts like they're an expert of it
And are just general naysayers whilst doing little productive with their own lives.
That simulation with a bunch of satellites revolving around the earth orbit looks a death trap...
A cubestat attaches its self to a specific debris
Wonderful project. Space industry is new and I hope there is huge scope for all of us to do something great which adds value to humanity.
Who knows? It could very well be the beginning of a new era.
yes, it was
Present sir,
The Cathedral analogy is really inspiring!! I'm watching this video today as I have got a grant to develop a nanosat..XD
You guys are gonna be great, will support all the way....
Amazing.
You can now invest in this company through the ticker (NSH)
That Cathedral analogy was a great way to describe the vision these people and people of
Past had to have to build something that could take years, decades & even centuries to come to fruition.
What about weather satellites that in geosynchronous/geostationary orbits, that have a constant view of the view hurricane?
99% of the ppl here have no clue what you are talking about. same problem when they watch the video. "science lies lies lies lies science more lies". this guy talking about his company's satellites is selling snake oil. he talks about a weather satellite doing these orbits around the earth and passing over a point. complete and utter BULLSHIT! as BurnOut7 stated, weather satellites are parked in a geosynchronous orbit and sits over a single point.
Cuz geo sat require more power, so they are bigger and expensive.
Did u know gnss are in half of the altitude of geo? (~20km).
TM looses energy by the square of the distance.
And all NOAA satellites in GSO transmits their data freely to everyone who wants and could decode it. A few mins on UA-cam you can learn how to decode GOES downlink.
Quite inspiring.
Beautiful
U guys r doing hilariously Amazing
No one talk about the difficulty to put these cubsats on different orbits with a single launch. You just can't throw them by hand from the space station and hope they will go from equatorial orbit to polar orbit : you need a vehicle with enough fuel to cover all orbits. Not to mention the fact that these cubesats need a propulsion system to fight against orbital decay. Without it, they will slowly loose altitude and inevitably end up burned when reentrying in the more thick atmosphere.
Glasgow!!!
Is not who did it first is about who did it right. Keep it up Spire.
bravo
From big massive satellites to tiny tiny little cubes. This could be the start of something big! However! What about the space junk problem?
I feel smaller rockets can achieve this if they're at this size 🤔 Like then you can launch tons of tiny rockets cheaply and quickly and fill the gap.
you mean the electron?
i mean yeah but.
bigger rockets.
more cubesats
“It’s not what is it, it’s what it is going to be”
This almost looks like a Estcube satellite
But how often hurricane will occur?
So wait, no one but a group of students using kickstarter have thought of making satellites smaller before?
They should have counted the issue of these cubes falling down, and possibilities are not 0%
Of course, they have to fall down in order to reduce the amount of debris. It's called re-entry and it is mandatory for every satellite to decay in a 25 year period. So yeah, they have to come back to Earth and it is actually a good thing. Don't you worry... none of them will hit your head ;)
Sebastian Ospina do you know what happens with these satellites in leo orbits that fall (after this 25y period) to earth? Do they decompose themselves to ashes generically?
What's up with Joels eyes? Has that dude been taking the spice?
y not connect n fit satelites in specific orbits to provide the services... shud b easy for repair if most satelites in defined areas
well, it's 2021 now and it's all about cubesats
Hey I'm all for the technology but what about all the space junk?? We need to take care of that because there is 1,000s of debris up there and sooner then later there's going to be a accident
That's why isro rocks
How? How in this?
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banate kase hai y bhatao
Lot of small satellite...will be big dustbin out in space
O.O omg
I made a CubeSat with CAD. It is 10cm x 10cm x 10cm check it out
I feel like i should bury my college degree.
what happens to the cube sat when they will not be used anymore??soon the earths orbit is going to be filled with space junk and anything else sent to orbit will be destroyed by space junk orbiting the earth at high speeds.this will end mans journey in space as we will not be able to exit the orbit.
This is a wonderful concept! I wish I could still be around to witness all the incredible ideas that have been brought to life in my time actually do magic in the future generations...
the guy talking about his company's satellite *IS LYING TO YOU* this is a sales pitch to get ppl to give money to their KickStarter. its a scam! the science behind their sales pitch is complete bullshit.
It depends how long you live. Also ignore Eric, he's a moron without vision.
Given that I am not well informed on the topic I can't disagree with your point, it does make sense now that I've analyzed the video from your point of view. If this really is as basic as a sales pitch then may I be damned for falling through like a sheep! I was slightly skeptical about the concept given it was implicated by the russian space program decades ago but was never truly implemented. I guess we'll have to see where it goes from here on out given they're not struggling to reach their KickStarter goals, meaning we will then really know if they're launching "trash" or actual micro satellites into space.
I can only justify my previous comment by stating that the vision they displayed is what made me believe this was a great leap into weather monitoring/prediction for future generations, given that hope is of the essence for people whom are greatly affected by extreme meteorological events. In simple words, I was just hoping this would work the way the claim it to.
Quero me conectar usando o sistema por SATÉLITES STARLINK MUNDO CONECTADO
I really wanna thank the americans for making the Internet and GPS possible...
Thank you very much!
Situation. Vulcan eruption shoots a lot of particles into the Low or maybe higher Orbit. What would happen with these Satellites? Other Situation. Satellite get close to other "foreign" Satellite. Does there should be tools, which helps to Sustain for Such Projects like this? if there are no Red-Yalow-Green in the Orbit Paths and You can't stop Satellite for other to pass thru his path. Last Situation. Bunch of Satellites are not working and You can't manipulate their Orbit. That would mean that this Orbit x,y,z vector is useless of using for such great deeds like shown here. Who would help to Your Enterprise? to make the Orbit useful again.
Early!
I m in love with this girl.. blue ma babe blue.. this blue earth needs your blue ideas..
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This was made for business not science
Said the guy on the internet that is powered by satellites.
The last statement from the co-founder is really bad for the business.
Yeah you have the HAARP
So you can do this but not beat cancer. 🙃
Cancer is a much harder task to solve than sending boxes of tech into space.
2ND NEx tiger biology is more complicated than technology believe it or not. vastly so
Don't worry about the cost and the returns, aliens are going to send you lots of money. When will this joke stop? When will we go for a resource based economy as defined by the Zeitgeist movement, TZM?
more space trash to deal with
Well, we'll just have to make a laser broom to sweep it up. Investing in the future!
READ FFS Obviously going for low-Earth orbit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_decay
more space junk?
No
too much space junk
Are you sirious? This is one of the baddest ideas that i ever heard, The waste in space is greatly increased, we are already faced with the problem that the space is full of trash, with these little satalites it becomes more, it may be a short-term buyer, but as often people are not Looking at the future. 😩
Space is pretty big; we're nowhere near a Kessler event yet. But since you're worried, it's also worth noting that small satellites are also much easier to de-orbit (and burn up in the atmosphere) than large ones.
lmao... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_decay
Obviously these satellites will be in low-Earth orbit.
Cube sats/small sats orbit at a very low altitude compared to the big traditional sats, their orbits degrade faster i.e they will fall back to earth and burnup in months if their orbits are not continually raised, you do not have to worry about them becoming space junk.
thanks ashwin