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Scaling up gyroscopes: From navigation to measuring the Earth's rotation
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
Accurately sensing rotation is important to a variety of technologies, from today's smartphones to navigational instruments that help keep submarines, planes, a...
Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite flew over Indonesia's Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air. Th...
NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western US Snowpack
May 06, 2013 (SPX)
A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most ac...
Vietnam, with French help, set to launch remote sensing satellite
May 03, 2013 (UPI)
Vietnam says French investment is helping it prepare to launch its first remote sensing satellite into orbit from the Kourou launch center in Guyana. The VNREDS...
World's major development banks look closer at Earth observation
May 01, 2013 (ESA)
International development banks often invest in regions where projects can be difficult to monitor and evaluate. Earth-observing satellites are proving to be im...
Japan's Mt Fuji to get World Heritage stamp: officials
May 01, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's Mount Fuji will likely be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites next month after an influential advisory panel to the UN cultural body made a...
China launches high-definition earth observation satellite
May 01, 2013 (XNA)
China sent high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen 1" into space shortly after noon on Friday, marking the start of a program that will substantiall...
China Successfully Sends First Gaofen Satellite Into Space
Apr 30, 2013 (XNA)
China has launched its first Gaofen-1 high-resolution remote sensing satellite into orbit, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The satellite was carried by a...
Satrec Initiative of South Korea Continues Collaboration with UAE for DubaiSat-3 Program
Apr 25, 2013 (SPX)
Satrec Initiative (SI) of South Korea and the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) of United Arab Emirates jointly announced the dev...
France helps Peru with first optical satellite
Apr 25, 2013 (UPI)
France and Peru signed a bilateral agreement Friday for the building and launch of Peru's first optical satellite system, the French Ministry of Defense said. T...
Google says Street View data now take in 50 countries
Apr 23, 2013 (UPI)
Google says the Street View feature of its Google Maps has now moved into 50 countries, racking up more than 5 million miles of roadway. Launched in 2007 in fiv...
NASA's HyspIRI: Seeing the Forest and the Trees and More
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
To Robert Green, light contains more than meets the eye: It contains fingerprints of materials that can be detected by sensors that capture the unique set of re...
NASA calls on Earthlings to celebrate Earth Day with #GlobalSelfie
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
To celebrate planet Earth and Earth Day, NASA has called on citizens of Earth to take a #GlobalSelfie. But, what is a #GlobalSelfie? Put simply, it's a selfie. ...
DMCii increases downlink capacity with Svalbard ground station facilities
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
DMC International Imaging (DMCii) has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) that will increase the volume of imagery acquired and the spe...
Eye Exam for a Satellite
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
You don't just strap a satellite to a rocket, launch it, and voila, it takes measurements. Beyond maneuvering into the right orbit, there are a series of check-...
A look at the world explains 90 percent of changes in vegetation
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
The climate governs the seasonal activity of vegetation; humankind influences it. In the humid mid-latitudes, temperature is the largest influencing factor for ...
Kazakhstan to launch first remote sensing satellite this year
Apr 12, 2013 (XNA)
The Kazakh space agency said Wednesday that it plans to launch the country's first Earth remote sensing satellite by the end of this year. "The launch of the fi...
Raytheon brings automation and virtualization to NASA's Earth Observing System
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon was awarded an $8 million contract with NASA Goddard Space Center to upgrade the command, control and telemetry (CCT) subsystems of the Earth Observing...
Satellite Sandwich Technique Improves Analysis of Geographical Data
Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)
For the sandwich, you want rich and sweet flavors, blended into a smooth, creamy texture - and you want it all in one convenient package. That's similar to how ...
Lithuania nabs tax cheats using Google Street View
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Lithuanian tax officials said Wednesday they tracked down at least 100 suspected tax cheats by checking out their property using Google's Street View mapping se...
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