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| September 20, 2018

A new experimental weather satellite no bigger than a cereal box got an inside look at Hurricane Florence in a test of technology that could influence the future of storm monitoring from space.
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This image combines the TEMPEST-D (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Demonstration) data with a visual image of the storm from NOAAs GOES (Geoweather Operational Environmental Satellite) weather satellite.
New Small Satellite Peers Inside Hurricane Florence

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| August 14, 2018

The award is given to a mission that has "demonstrated a significant improvement in the capability of small satellites," according to the award description.
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Image of ASTERIA deployed from the International Space Station on November 20, 2017.
ASTERIA Wins Small Satellite Mission of the Year Award

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| July 3, 2018

These two images of Lake Superior and surrounding area show the first data downlinked from the CubeSat Multispectral Observation System (CUMULOS) cameras.
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These two images of Lake Superior and surrounding area show the first data downlinked from the CubeSat Multispectral Observation System (CUMULOS) cameras.
Tiny Cameras Snap Pictures of Great Lake
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