A meeting with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s top satellite official has small-satellite operator Spire Inc. hopeful that the agency will publish standards for commercial weather data by the end of the year. Steve Volz, NOAA assistant administrator for satellite and information services, hosted representatives of Spire and other aspiring commercial weather data […]

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Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications...