NOAA CRADA with Cowboy Space for in-orbit data processing on Reason-2
21 FOMONOAA’s NESDIS entered a two-year cooperative research and development agreement with Cowboy Space. Reason-2, scheduled for 2027, will carry GPU compute to process NOAA environmental data in orbit and downlink only critical results, reducing latency.
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Early government workload validates the orbital-compute thesis ahead of larger commercial AI customers.
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NOAA and Cowboy Space Corporation to Test Faster Satellite Data ProcessingNOAA NESDIS signed a two-year CRADA with Cowboy Space to process environmental satellite data in orbit on Reason-2 (2027 launch) to reduce latency for forecasters.
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NOAA’s NESDIS entered a two-year cooperative research and development agreement with Cowboy Space. R