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Skywatch Orbital Research was a Mega-Corporation known for managing Withmore City's climate, power and air-space systems. It merged with Shinohara Heavy Industries in 2102 to become Planetary Resources Incorporated.
Skywatch was still a small, fledgling corporation when the Seraph Project ran out of funding in April 2023, leaving fifteen astronauts stranded in high Earth orbit. Together with NeoTrans, it volunteered for a joint rescue mission that returned all fifteen safely.
By January 2060, Skywatch operated factories in orbit. It built a launch platform into the wall of Withmore's dome to support increased production from those facilities.
In 2062, Skywatch constructed orbital launch platforms at Mars under the authority of the International Orbiting Network, or ION, project. The platforms supported unmanned scouts searching for mineral resources and were also used to send ice asteroids into the Martian atmosphere. The impacts supplied moisture and contributed to the early stages of the planet's long-term terraforming effort.
In August 2070, Skywatch announced plans for a crewed deep-space research vessel to explore Jupiter's moons. Supporters and opponents of space exploration gathered at Skywatch Plaza in Withmore, where twenty-one people died as Judges attempted to control the protest.
The United Nations approved the merger with Shinohara Heavy Industries in August 2102, after a turbulent quarter for both companies. PRI combined Skywatch's orbital and infrastructure interests with Shinohara's industrial operations.
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