Urban Sky develops and operates Microballoons, which are stratospheric balloons used for high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture over broad areas.

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Urban Sky's novel invention, the high-altitude Microballoon™, leverages advances in component miniaturization and first-of-its-kind material re-usability to drastically reduce the cost of high-resolution remote sensing over broad, targeted areas, leading to more impactful data over more areas than ever before. 

The Microballoon™ is the first ever reusable stratospheric balloon. It's also the first ever precisely placeable remote sensing balloon. The Microballoon™ has a unique ability to image specific areas at desired times, never before possible with stratospheric balloons. This capability is made possible by coupling advanced balloon design with a very small form factor, enabling launch from virtually anywhere at any time with minimal personnel and equipment required. The Microballoon is also zero-emission, making it the most sustainable way to image Planet Earth.

Remote sensing from the stratosphere combines many of the benefits of both space-based assets and lower altitude airborne vehicles. That means remote sensing data can be collected from the Stratosphere over vast areas, with aerial quality-resolution, at the lowest possible cost. This unique combination of advantages will finally unlock the full commercial usefulness of the Stratosphere. 

National Science Foundation

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

New Stack Ventures

Techstars

Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator

Plug and Play Insurtech

TenOneTen Ventures

Catapult Ventures

Union Labs Ventures

We now have the highest resolution, most recent map of the Alexander Mountain fire in Colorado. We flew our stratospheric "Hotspot" system above that ~9,000 acre fire yesterday and rapidly processed the data in less than 8 hours. Please share this data to help us get it into the hands of the firefighting agencies and communities affected. Please email info@urbansky.com to request the actual GEOTIFF files with critical geolocation information.

This photo demonstrates the power of the stratosphere - it illustrates the unique ability of a stratospheric balloon to "hover" continuously above a wildfire (or any target area, for that matter). The small white dot below shows the location of our Microballoon, while the white "rectangle" shows one image frame projected onto the Earth. The remaining "circles" illustrate the thousands of image frames captured while we hovered above a wildfire and continuously imaged it for hours. This type of broad-area, high-resolution  "persistence" is not possible via satellite. Real-time, continuous monitoring.

We are thrilled to welcome our newest team member, Mark Bowersox! With over 20 years of experience in geospatial and remote sensing, Mark has excelled as an analyst, project manager, and salesperson, especially in collaboration with government customers.

Mark joins us as our Technical Solutions Manager and we are confident that his expertise and dedication will be invaluable to our team.

Please join us in giving Mark a warm Urban Sky welcome!
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Our stratospheric Microballoons (mHABs) will help improve wildfire management and monitoring, offering entirely unique value to the tech ecosystem tackling this problem. Check out this piece from MIT Technology Review to learn more.

Our CEO's new interview with PROCO360 | "Best Colorado Business Podcast" is LIVE! Check it out at the link below (or anywhere you get your podcasts!)

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