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TerraSAR-X image of the month - the coastal cliffs of Christmas Island
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Captain William Mynors was not particularly creative as he sailed past a remote island in the Indian Ocean on the 'Royal Mary', a ship belonging to the British ...
China no longer reliant on satellite image imports
Jan 10, 2013 (XNA)
China's first high-resolution, stereo mapping satellite Ziyuan III meets international standards, ridding the country of its reliance on imports of satellite im...
Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System now serving newest mission
Jan 09, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) recently added the Japanese Space Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Global Change Observation ...
Earth may be heaver than thought due to invisible belt of dark matter
Jan 06, 2013 (UPI)
A study of GPS satellite orbits suggests the Earth is heavier than thought, perhaps due to a halo of dark matter, a U.S. researcher says. Dark matter is thought...
Google maps New Year's resolutions around the world
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
Google is letting people peg their New Year's resolutions to an online map and see what promises others around the world have set out to keep in 2013. By Friday...
Mission Accomplished for Landsat 5
Jan 04, 2013 (SPX)
Today the U.S. Geological Survey announced that Landsat 5 will be decommissioned over the coming months, bringing to a close the longest-operating Earth observi...
Hyundai, Kia to go with Google Maps
Jan 02, 2013 (UPI)
South Korean car makers Kia and Hyundai have announced partnerships with Google to feature the U.S. search giant's Google Maps in new vehicles. Hyundai already ...
Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives At Launch Site
Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)
An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California...
Turkey Steps up Collaboration with Astrium Services For SPOT 6 And SPOT 7 Data
Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)
Astrium Services and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) signed two agreements in Istanbul on 19 October 2012 to develop high-resolution and large-area cove...
Satellites eye Great Lakes invasive plant
Dec 24, 2012 (UPI)
Scientists say satellites are helping map the spread of an invasive plant that rapidly grows into dense stands seen as a threat to Great Lakes coastal wetlands....
Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives at Launch Site
Dec 21, 2012 (SPX)
An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California...
Google Maps driving Apple iOS upgrades
Dec 19, 2012 (UPI)
The return of Google Maps to the iPhone has seen a sharp increase in people upgrading to Apple's iOS operating system, a mobile ad network has reported. Many iP...
China launches Turkish EO satellite
Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)
China early Wednesday "successfully" launched a Turkish earth observation satellite into orbit aboard a Chinese rocket, according to state media, hailed in Turk...
Google Maps returns to iPhone after Apple fiasco
Dec 13, 2012 (AFP)
Google Maps returned to the iPhone Thursday, allowing users to replace a glitch-ridden Apple program panned for omitting key landmarks and sending people in wro...
Shadows on ice: Proba-1 images Concordia south polar base
Dec 13, 2012 (ESA)
ESA's Earth-observing microsatellite Proba-1 has glimpsed one of the loneliest places on Earth - Concordia research base in the heart of Antarctica. This image ...
Wildfires Light Up Western Australia
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
Careful observers of the new "Black Marble" images of Earth at night released this week by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have not...
Environmental satellite produces first photo of Earth
Dec 11, 2012 (XNA)
China's first synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite for environmental monitoring has produced its first "clear, coherent and informative" image of Earth, aut...
Seeing stars, finding nukes: Radio telescopes can spot clandestine nuclear tests
Dec 10, 2012 (SPX)
In the search for rogue nukes, researchers have discovered an unlikely tool: astronomical radio telescopes. Ohio State University researchers previously demonst...
NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists have unveiled an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images from a new NASA a...
URI oceanography student uses crashing waves on shorelines to study Earth's interior
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists have long used the speed of seismic waves traveling through the Earth as a means of learning about the geologic structure beneath the Earth's surface...
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