commitment United kingdomannounced during the opening British Space Conference in Belfastwill involve investing £3 million in building a new satellite Pathfinder. The satellite that the company will develop Open the universeBased in the UK and Spain, it will be launched at the same orbital plane as three other Portuguese satellites that make up the first batch of the constellation.
The Atlantic Constellation is designed to provide high-resolution images of the Earth's surface every three hours. This data will be used for a wide range of applications, including natural disaster detection, pollution monitoring, and climate change monitoring.
British Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Andrew GriffithHe said the UK's joining the Atlantic Constellation was a “huge step forward” for the EU National Earth Observation Strategy. “Earth observation will play a very vital role in addressing global challenges such as climate change and disaster relief,” Griffiths said.
Rafael Jorda Seker, The founder and CEO of Open Cosmos said the UK's commitment was a “huge boost for Atlantic Constellation”. “Building a joint satellite constellation is a very effective way to obtain diverse data on each region of interest,” he said. Jorda Siquier. “We are very proud that Open Cosmos has been contracted to deliver the UK’s first Pathfinder satellite.”
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