NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'extended life

[Admin]

NOAA has plans to add extra years to the lifespan of their fleet of older polar orbiting satellites by controlling them through using an Internet cloud-based system.

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[billslugg]

This is the meat of it:
"allows us to use new technology to extend their production and value,"

What new technology? The internet? The cloud? How so? I'm lost.