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Euroconsult Releases Study On EO Data Distribution Trends

Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)

Data distributors and services providers have established themselves as a key component of the EO value-chain and an important partner of the EO satellite opera...

Planes chase satellite sightings of suspected debris

Mar 28, 2014 (AFP)

Planes and ships were to resume the hunt Friday for wreckage of flight MH370 after the weather cleared, as they chase down more satellite sightings of suspected...

Math wizards stand ready to join Malaysia Airlines search

Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)

Math wizards who pinpointed the final resting place of a doomed Air France jet deep beneath the Atlantic stand ready to do so again for Malaysia Airlines Flight...

Studying crops, from outer space

Mar 27, 2014 (SPX)

Plants convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy during a process called photosynthesis. This energy is passed on to humans and animals that eat the pla...

First Images Available from NASA-JAXA Global Rain and Snowfall Satellite

Mar 26, 2014 (SPX)

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have released the first images captured by their newest Earth-observing satellite, the Global Precipitati...

Sentinel-1 controllers ready for hectic first days

Mar 26, 2014 (ESA)

Following a spectacular launch, Sentinel-1A's first few days in orbit will be some of the most complex in recent memory. Mission control teams will work around ...

When Waters Rise: NASA Improves Flood Safety

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Flooding is the most frequent and widespread weather-related natural disaster, taking a huge toll in lives and property each year. NASA Earth-observing satellit...

NASA's Van Allen Probes Reveal Zebra Stripes in Space

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in one of two radiation belts surrounding Earth. NASA's twin Van Allen Probes spacecraft have shown that ...

Brazil to launch satellite in December

Mar 25, 2014 (XNA)

Brazil will launch a new satellite in partnership with China in December, local media reported Friday. The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) confirmed that the launc...

Planet Labs Set To Launch Largest Satellite Fleet In History

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Planet Labs has announced that it has confirmed launches for more than 100 satellites over the next 12 months. The satellites will launch on rockets from the US...

NJIT physicist helps to discover a new structure in Earth's radiation belt

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

An NJIT physicist is a collaborator in the discovery of a new structure in Earth's inner radiation belt -- a zebra-striped structure of highly energized electro...

NASA Launches Its Third Global 'Codeathon' with New Coastal Flooding Challenge

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

NASA along with space agencies around the world are preparing for the third annual International Space Apps Challenge, which will be held April 12-13. Participa...

NASA Spacecraft Reveal New Zebra Stripes Structure in Earth's Inner Radiation Belt

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered a new, persistent structure in Earth's inner radiation belt using data from the twin NASA Van Allen Probes spacecraft. Most surprisin...

NASA Historic Earth Images Still Hold Research Value

Mar 25, 2014 (JPL)

NASA's Seasat satellite became history long ago, but it left a legacy of images of Earth's ocean, volcanoes, forests and other features that were made by the fi...

Tracking endangered leatherback sea turtles by satellite, key habitats identified

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

A first-of-its-kind satellite tagging study of migrating New England leatherback turtles in the North Atlantic offers a greatly improved understanding of their ...

Prepping for radar vision

Mar 25, 2014 (ESA)

Sentinel-1A, Europe's first satellite for Copernicus, is almost ready for launch on 3 April. Meanwhile, ESA is showing how its advanced radar will map ice, moni...

China deploys 21 satellites in search for missing plane

Mar 19, 2014 (XNA)

China has deployed more than ten vessels and 21 satellites to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board, including 154 Chinese....

NASA Completes Global Hawk ATTREX Flights For 2014

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

NASA's Global Hawk research aircraft returned to its base at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., early Friday morning Mar...

Ground Validation: Contributing to Earth Observations from Space

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, launched on Feb. 27 from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, will help advance our understanding of ...

Millions join satellite search for missing plane

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

Three million people have joined an effort led by a satellite operator to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing p...