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= Menapia = Menapia is a private UK based company, founded by brothers, John Mooney & Peter Mooney in 2020. Menapia have developed a weather drone for routine observations of the atmosphere. The inspiration for the company's name came from the Menapii tribe.

Technology
Menapia's weather drone, MetSprite, is automated, harsh-weather resistant and has integrated meteorological sensors. It is capable of flights up to 6km to collect data from the planetary boundary layer. The drone uses a wind correction algorithm, allowing for better performance in high winds.

The data that MetSprite collects during a profile are temperature, humidity, pressure & 3D winds. MetSprite has a mobile ground station which enables automated vertical profiles and in-built recharging capability.

In 2022, the Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) granted Menapia authorisation to fly MetSprite beyond visual line of sight up to 2km in the UK. This allowed Menapia to provide data the WOEST campaign, collecting data to observe turbulent processes in the atmosphere. This campaign was led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds and the UK Met Office.

Operational Services
Menapia provides their MetSprite through a Robot as a Service business model. The service provides atmospheric data for it's customers, whilst Menapia manages aviation compliance, deployment logistics, maintenance and flight supervision.