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Swarm heads for new heights
Feb 10, 2014 (ESA)
Some tricky manoeuvres are now under way to steer ESA's trio of Swarm satellites into their respective orbits so that they can start delivering the best-ever su...
ESA eSurge project delivered by CGI to help predict ferocity of UK coastal flooding
Feb 10, 2014 (SPX)
December and January have proven to be wet and windy months in the UK, with several severe storms causing major flooding from both heavy rainfall and storm surg...
AGU and Wiley Launch Open Access Journal, Earth and Space Science
Feb 10, 2014 (SPX)
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and John Wiley and Sons have announced the creation of a new all open access peer-reviewed journal, Earth and Space Science...
High resolution, digital bathymetry now available off-the-shelf
Feb 05, 2014 (SPX)
Industry leading aquatic earth observation company EOMAP has launched an off-the-shelf bathymetry product line which will transform the uptake and uses of digit...
China to promote geological information industry
Feb 03, 2014 (XNA)
China's State Council, the cabinet, has issued proposals for promoting the development of the geological information industry. The document, published on the go...
Chinese scientists pinpoint source of Yangtze's main tributary
Feb 03, 2014 (XNA)
Chinese scientists released new data identifying the source and length of the Jialing River, a main tributary of the Yangtze River, China's longest and the worl...
Savanna vegetation predictions best done by continent
Feb 03, 2014 (SPX)
A "one-size-fits-all" model to predict the effects of climate change on savanna vegetation isn't as effective as examining individual savannas by continent, acc...
Russian EVA re-attempting installation of Earth-observing cameras
Jan 29, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazanskyi have ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday for a second attempt to install two co...
NASA Set For A Big Year In Earth Science With Five New Missions
Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)
For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth science missions will be launched into space in the same year, opening new and improved remote eyes to...
Signed, Sealed and Delivered: New NASA Video Shows GPM's Journey to Japan
Jan 22, 2014 (SPX)
Pack it up, put it on a plane and fly it to Japan. It sounds simple enough, but a new video from NASA shows when your package is a satellite, it's anything but....
China's pollution seen from space
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
Scientists said Friday they had mapped ground-level air pollution in China from space for the first time, a feat that should help the fight against a notorious ...
Charles River Analytics Develops Satellite Image Processing System for NASA
Jan 12, 2014 (SPX)
Charles River Analytics has announced a contract to develop a system for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The system known as DIPSARS, ...
More BARREL Balloons Take to the Skies
Jan 03, 2014 (SPX)
The second year of an unprecedented balloon campaign in Antarctica has just begun. The NASA-funded mission - called the Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativ...
UAE to launch indigenous satellite in 2017
Dec 31, 2013 (XNA)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) vice president and prime minister ordered here on Sunday the executive phase for building the first satellite whose parts are solely ...
China's HD observation satellite opens its eyes
Dec 31, 2013 (XNA)
China's high-definition Earth observation satellite, the Gaofen-1, has been formally put into service, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Indus...
Energia Corp to launch observation satellite in spring 2014
Dec 31, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The Energia Rocket and Space Corporation accomplished a full cycle of ground tests, assembly and factory trials of a next-generation observation satellite in 20...
SAR images acquired by KOMPSAT-5
Dec 31, 2013 (SPX)
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has released KOMPSAT-5 images acquired for the calibration purpose. KOMPSAT-5 was launched on August 22, 2013 from ...
NASA and JAXA Announce Launch Date for Global Precipitation Satellite
Dec 29, 2013 (SPX)
Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare...
NASA Carbon Sleuth Gets Simulated Taste of Space
Dec 27, 2013 (JPL)
A NASA observatory that will make the most precise, highest-resolution and most complete, space-based measurements of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere to da...
Rainfall satellite will aid in environmental, weather science
Dec 26, 2013 (UPI)
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency say they've set a launch date for a satellite intended to improve environmental research and weather forecasts. ...
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