Our planet is being continuously bathed in radio signals from satnav satellites--which are useful for much more than just navigation. Dedicated space missions acquire these signal reflections to amass valuable environmental information. The shoebox-sized PRETTY CubeSat, flying on Europe's next Vega launcher, will investigate a new frequency and novel observation angle to better measure the rate of climate change--at the same time as gathering radiation data on its surrounding space environment.
Our planet is being continuously bathed in radio signals from satnav satellites--which are useful for much more than just navigation. Dedicated space missions acquire these signal reflections to amass valuable environmental information. The shoebox-sized PRETTY CubeSat, flying on Europe's next Vega launcher, will investigate a new frequency and novel observation angle to better measure the rate of climate change--at the same time as gathering radiation data on its surrounding space environment.
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