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| February 2025 |
MyRadar
Scheduled launch of four additional satellites for NOAA-sponsored wildfire detection, which will be the first ACME satellites with on-board AI processing for quicker information transfer.
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| 2024 | AIFS began publishing real-time forecasts, demonstrating specific skill in predicting hurricane tracks, though with lower performance in tracking storm intensity changes compared to physics-based models. |
| 2024 | Researchers at Google's DeepMind published a paper in Nature describing their machine-learning weather forecasting model called GenCast, which is expected to produce more accurate forecasts than traditional weather forecasting systems. |
| 2024 | Microsoft's Aurora system launched, offering global 10-day weather and 5-day air pollution forecasts with claimed accuracy similar to physics-based models, but at significantly lower computational cost. |
| October 2024 | A technical fault with DTN data supplier caused the BBC Weather website and app to display incorrect wind speed and temperature forecasts, significantly misrepresenting meteorological information. |
| March 2024 |
MyRadar
Launched a 'meteorological wedding planning service' in the United States and Canada, offering personalized meteorological consultation for wedding planning.
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| February 2024 |
MyRadar
MyRadar enhanced 'RouteCast' feature with video and 3D display options via CarPlay and Android Auto for paying subscribers.
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| February 7 2024 |
MyRadar
MyRadar gained compatibility with Android Auto, allowing display on car interfaces.
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| January 2024 |
MyRadar
MyRadar partnered with Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN) to provide traffic data overlayed with weather graphics for US users.
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| January 8 2024 |
MyRadar
MyRadar became compatible with Apple's CarPlay, enabling navigation features.
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| September 8 2023 |
MyRadar
ACME secured additional crowdfunding to expand its workforce from 35 to 100 employees by the end of 2024.
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| August 18 2023 |
MyRadar
Phase two of the NOAA grant was approved, providing funding to launch a pair of CubeSat satellites for high-definition infrared imagery.
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| 2022 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
Satellite FM06 from the CYGNSS constellation abruptly ceased operations.
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| 2022 | Multiple AI weather forecasting models emerged, including Huawei's Pangu-Weather, Google's GraphCast, WindBorne's WeatherMesh, Nvidia's FourCastNet, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts' Artificial Intelligence/Integrated Forecasting System (AIFS). |
| October 2022 |
MyRadar
ACME received a research grant from NOAA to improve wildfire detection and air quality measurement technology using satellites and aerial drones.
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| May 2022 |
MyRadar
With improved HORIS imagery, MyRadar expanded its monitoring capabilities to include algae blooms, coral reefs, illegal fishing, and wildfires.
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| May 2 2022 |
MyRadar
PocketQube satellites entered the atmosphere via a Rocket Lab Electron launch from New Zealand, with the purpose of testing and validating existing satellites in orbit.
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| 2020 |
MyRadar
MyRadar added a feature to track orbital objects, including the International Space Station.
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| June 2020 |
Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord
Maureen Flavin Sweeney was acknowledged by the United States government and presented with a special US House of Representatives honour for her role in weather forecasting during Operation Overlord.
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| 2019 |
MyRadar
ACME AtronOmatic launched personal satellites to improve weather predictions, enhancing the app's forecast capabilities.
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| February 6 2018 | BBC Weather switched its weather forecast provider from the Met Office to MeteoGroup after 94 years of continuous service by the Met Office, following an open competition. |
| January 22 2018 | BBC Executive Michael Burnett published a blog post about weather service changes, which received over 1000 mostly critical comments within 10 days, indicating significant public dissatisfaction with the new weather service design. |
| December 2017 |
MyRadar
MyRadar partnered with TripIt to provide flight delay and gate change information, effectively replacing the need for the Flightwise app.
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| December 15 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
By end of day, all eight microsats had solar arrays deployed, were sun-pointed with batteries charging, and ready to begin engineering commissioning.
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| December 15 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
Eighth microsat was successfully contacted at 20:30 UTC.
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| December 15 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
First successful radio contact with a microsat was made at 16:42 UTC.
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| December 15 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
CYGNSS mission launched at 13:37:21 UTC from a Pegasus XL air-launched rocket deployed from a Lockheed L-1011 Stargazer aircraft off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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| December 15 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
CYGNSS mission launched after previous postponements from November and December 12, marking the first NASA Earth Venture-class spaceborne mission in the Earth Science System Pathfinder program.
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| December 15 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
Successful launch of the CYGNSS satellite constellation into low Earth orbit at 500 km altitude, following the initial launch attempt's cancellation.
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| December 12 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
Initial launch attempt was aborted due to problems with the hydraulic system that separates the Pegasus rocket from the carrier aircraft.
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| December 12 2016 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
Initial planned launch date for the CYGNSS constellation of eight micro-satellites, which was prevented due to problems with a pump on the launching aircraft.
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| August 2016 | MeteoGroup (now part of DTN) was chosen as the new weather forecast provider after a competitive tendering process. |
| August 23 2015 | BBC announced the termination of the Met Office contract for weather forecasts, stating a legal obligation to ensure best value for license fee payers. |
| 2012 |
MyRadar
MyRadar was officially launched from an office in Orlando, initially running on free government-provided weather and radar data.
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| June 2012 |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
NASA sponsored the CYGNSS project for $152 million, with the University of Michigan leading its development, involving Southwest Research Institute, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and Surrey Satellite Technology.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, BBC Weather, Weather forecasting, Weather forecasting for Operation Overlord & MyRadar, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.