WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - RTX Corp. (RTX) Wednesday announced that NASA has
selected its small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue
Canyon Technologies to build two 12U CubeSat buses for the space agency's PolSIR
mission.

NASA will study ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and
sub-tropical regions, using the instrument Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud
Radiometer. The designing and manufacturing of the bus platforms, and mission
operations services will be provided by Blue Canyon.

The observation of the full diurnal cycle of high-altitude ice clouds will help
improve climate forecasts and provide climate models.



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