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New test adds to scientists' understanding of Earth's history, resources
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
A new study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher provides the first direct chronological test of sequence stratigraphy, a powerful tool for explori...
Raytheon technology instrumental in creating Black Marble image
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Data from the Raytheon Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite has been used to create a series of nighttime images of the Earth that NASA is calling "an order...
Carnegie debuts revolutionary biosphere mapping capability at AGU
Dec 07, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers from the Carnegie Institution are rolling out results from the new Airborne Taxonomic Mapping System, or AToMS, for the first time at the American G...
First-ever hyperspectral images of Earth's auroras
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
Hoping to expand our understanding of auroras and other fleeting atmospheric events, a team of space-weather researchers designed and built NORUSCA II, a new ca...
Skybox Imaging Completes Significant Testing Milestone Preceding its First Satellite and Product Launch
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
Skybox Imaging (has successfully completed the simulated space environmental test of its first high-resolution imaging microsatellite. During the 16-day test ca...
Tracking Pollution from Outer Space
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
The thickest layers of global smog - caused by traffic, industry, and natural minerals, among other factors - are found over the world's megacities. But getting...
GOES-R Satellite Program Undergoes Successful Review
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
The GOES-R Series Program, which is leading the effort to replace and upgrade NOAA's existing fleet of geostationary satellites that track severe weather across...
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Turns 15
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
When it rains it pours, goes the saying, and for the last 15 years, the data on tropical rainfall have poured in. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TR...
NASA's TRMM Satellite Confirms 2010 Landslides
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
A NASA study using TRMM satellite data revealed that the year 2010 was a particularly bad year for landslides around the world. A recent NASA study published in...
Apple sacks exec in maps fiasco: report
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
Apple has ousted the executive who oversaw the mobile maps program which was a spectacular flop, a report said Tuesday. The Dow Jones website AllThingsD, citing...
Satellites used to track global smog level
Nov 27, 2012 (UPI)
Israeli researchers say using a trio of NASA satellites has allowed them to measure levels of air pollution over the world's largest cities. On-the-ground monit...
China successfully launches remote sensing satellite
Nov 27, 2012 (XNA)
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center confirmed that China successfully launched the Yaogan XVI remote-sensing satellite into space at 12:06 a.m. Sunday. The sate...
TerraSAR-X image of the month - the Santorini volcano expands
Nov 25, 2012 (SPX)
Glasses are rattling on the shelves and the ground is rumbling - since January 2011 the earth under the Santorini volcano has been stirring. Most of the time, i...
How many Russian Earth observation satellites will be in orbit by 2015?
Nov 20, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
The launch of the Resurs-P spacecraft was postponed till the first quarter of 2013. This remote sensing satellite was to replace the Resurs-DK Number 1 spacecra...
A SPOT 6 Success Story
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
SPOT 6 reached its final orbital slot on 22 September and a review of this initial positioning phase was successfully completed on 12 October. This review marks...
What Goes Down Must Come Back Up
Nov 20, 2012 (JPL)
For most of the past two decades, the NASA and European Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites have tracked the gradual rise of the world's ocean in res...
China launches third environment monitoring satellite
Nov 20, 2012 (XNA)
China on Monday sent the third satellite in its "Environment I" family into the sky, sharpening its abilities in environmental monitoring and disaster forecasti...
Satrec Initiative Announces Agreement with Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Nov 18, 2012 (SPX)
Satrec Initiative, a leading solution provider for Earth observation missions, announced an agreement with Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for "Worldw...
What lies beneath? New survey technique offers detailed picture of our changing landscape
Nov 18, 2012 (SPX)
A new surveying technique developed at The University of Nottingham is giving geologists their first detailed picture of how ground movement associated with his...
GOCE's second mission improving gravity map
Nov 18, 2012 (ESA)
ESA's GOCE gravity satellite has already delivered the most accurate gravity map of Earth, but its orbit is now being lowered in order to obtain even better res...
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