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Sentinel-5P: satellite in excellent health
Oct 17, 2017 (ESA)
The 820 kg satellite was lofted into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia last Friday on a Rockot. The satellite will use its state-of-the-art ...
Watching plant photosynthesis from space
Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)
The uptake of carbon dioxide by leaves and its conversion to sugars by photosynthesis, referred to as gross primary production (GPP), is the fundamental basis o...
Baltic clams and worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 dairy cows
Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)
Methane gas is making its way into the water and then finally out into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming - methane has 28 times greater warming pot...
Air quality-monitoring satellite in orbit
Oct 16, 2017 (ESA)
The first stage separated 2 min 16 sec after liftoff, followed by the fairing and second stage at 3 min 3 sec and 5 min 19 sec, respectively. The upper stage th...
Ocean clams, worms release surprisingly large amounts of greenhouse gas
Oct 13, 2017 (UPI)
Researchers estimate polychaetes and bivalves account for 10 percent of the Baltic Sea's methane emissions -- roughly the amount of methane released by 20,000 d...
Russia launches European satellite to monitor Earth's atmosphere
Oct 13, 2017 (AFP)
The Sentinel-5P orbiter took off on schedule at 0927 GMT from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The launch went according to plan and the 820-kilogram...
Europe set to launch atmosphere-probing satellite
Oct 11, 2017 (AFP)
The Sentinel-5P orbiter will form part of Europe's Copernicus Earth monitoring project to track environmental damage and aid disaster relief operations. It will...
Sentinel-5P poised for liftoff
Oct 10, 2017 (ESA)
The rocket will be fuelled two days before launch, set for Friday at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST). The Sentinel-5P satellite has been at the cosmodrome since early Se...
China launches remote sensing satellite for Venezuela
Oct 10, 2017 (XNA)
The VRSS-2 was the third satellite jointly launched by China and Venezuela, and also the later's second remote sensing satellite. It will be primarily used by V...
Satellite transmissions cease, no impact to weather mission
Oct 09, 2017 (SPX)
On Feb. 11, 2016, operators lost the ability to command the satellite following a power failure within the command and control system. The DMSP operations team ...
Satellites See Silicon Valley's Quick Drought Recovery
Oct 06, 2017 (JPL)
Using satellite data from COSMO-SkyMed, a constellation of four Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, or ASI) satellites, a research team led by Este...
Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour
Oct 03, 2017 (SPX)
The flight is part of NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission, an airborne field campaign to study atmospheric gases and pollution worldwide. ATom's previo...
Public Invited to Analyze Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts
Oct 03, 2017 (SPX)
CosmoQuest is led by principal investigator Dr. Pamela L. Gay from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP). "The astronauts' photos of Earth are visually ...
New Radar Sensor Provides Clear Vision in Any Weather
Oct 03, 2017 (SPX)
The ViSAR program, which began in 2013, has been developing an Extremely High Frequency (EHF) targeting sensor to operate through clouds as effectively as curre...
OSIRIS-REx views Pacifica on Earth Flyby
Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)
Visible in this image are the Pacific Ocean and several familiar landmasses, including Australia in the lower left, and Baja California and the southwestern Uni...
How aerial thermal imagery is revolutionizing archaeology
Sep 26, 2017 (SPX)
Archaeologists have long used thermal infrared images to locate buried architecture and other cultural landscape elements. The thermal infrared radiation associ...
Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves - from space
Sep 26, 2017 (SPX)
The research points to the success of aggressive conservation measures. It also helps to lay the groundwork for low-cost monitoring of subterranean water reserv...
A Box of 'Black Magic' to Study Earth from Space
Sep 25, 2017 (JPL)
Until now, the shape of choice for casting this "magic" has been the parabolic dish. The bigger the antenna dish, the better it is at "catching" or transmitting...
Ball Aerospace Completes Spectrometer Testing and Verification on NASA's TEMPO Program
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
TEMPO was selected by NASA as the first Earth Venture-Instrument to provide hourly measurements of air quality across North America. This instrument will make p...
Experts set to meet in Kenya on space science
Sep 22, 2017 (XNA)
The Sept. 27-29 conference, organized by the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), is expected to offer opportunity for countries in...
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