Open Cosmos, the UKstartupthat uses satellites to fight climate change, has successfully launched its fourthsatellitethis year.
To monitor volcanic activity and wildfires in the Canary Islands.
Its aim is to transform Earth monitoring capabilities and optical communications fromspace.
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ALISIO-1 also carries an optical communications terminal for space-Earth communications.
Meanwhile, OpenCosmos is building a pathfinder satellite to help the UKjoin the Atlantic Constellation project.
The startup raised an additional 50mn during itslatest funding roundin September.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
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