New Sparta is to contribute two hundred and twenty million zarks (about half the cost) and take project ownership of a UNP programme to replace weather reconnaissance satellite systems across the UNP. Existing systems around nine planets will be replaced and three others will be augmented as part of the programme - some systems dating back to the 2060s.
The new systems will have much greater data bandwidth as well as improved sensors and will be able to feed data into NS systems much easier. One problem with the current system is that their age and incompatible protocols makes using the weather data for NS tactical use problematical. The new systems will be rolled out from 2119.
