Spaceport Cornwall came to me looking for ways to fill its latest safelight rocket. So after a great deal of research, I discovered that there are many applications for satellites in agriculture.
Imagine you’re a farmer, up each morning at 4 am to start the day.
You have 300 fields filled with animals and crops that you have to check on, and you are working non-stop to do that. But what if there was something that could help… Satellites help farmers with everything from crop fertilization to animal management and equipment tracking…
But how do you buy satellites?! Until now you couldn’t, not without an engineering degree.
This became the problem I needed to solve if I wanted farmers to invest in this technology. So, in partnership with AAC Clyde Space, I developed a shop that made it as simple as shopping on Amazon.
Problem: Spaceport Cornwall launched their first shuttle and they wanted to get it filled with small businesses.
Insight: Agriculture is the largest small business industry in Cornwall and one of the biggest in the country.
Strategy: Show the farmers how satellites can help their businesses grow.
