Spire Global of Nanosputniki

2019: Output to an orbit

On July 5, 2019 two nanosatellites with supercomputers were onboard entered into an orbit by the Russian rocket Union. The equipment developed by the American space company Spire Global at the enterprise in Glasgow (Scotland) is intended for optimization and acceleration of transfer to Earth of the data processed in space.

According to the Jersey Evening Post edition, satellites are used for a big range of tasks: from navigation before drawing up reports of weather. However data from them can slowly arrive if it is about transfer of large volumes of traffic. One of the main methods of the solution of this problem consists in use in an orbit of supercomputers which carry out primary analysis of information and send it to the companies in "the cleaned type".

Nanosatellites with supercomputers are put to orbit by the Russian rocket Union

Also supercomputers, similar to those which were started by Spire Global will allow to check quickly the new ideas of clients directly in an orbit, accelerating transition of development from a prototype stage to a commercial product.

The CEO of Spire Global  Peter Platzer says that one such satellite can collect more than a terabyte of data a day. Transfer of such large volume of data from the satellite is difficult and takes big time.

According to Plattser, parallel supercomputer scalable devices became the crucial next step for achievement of new level of accuracy and timeliness in  the analysis of space data.

Nanosatellites became a part of the program of the European Space Agency for development of perspective technologies for space communication      (ARTES — Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems). The purpose of this program — to provide to the European and Canadian companies access to space with the least possible expenses.^[1]

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