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BlackSky plans public offering to support growth
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
All shares in the offering will be sold by BlackSky, with the company also giving underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the shares...
Planet launches AI-powered global forest carbon monitoring system
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
"The climate crisis is the biggest challenge humanity faces in the 21st century, yet our greenhouse gas emissions are still rising," said former U.S. Vice Presi...
Planet Labs releases first hyperspectral satellite imagery from Tanager-1
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
In the coming months, partners such as Carbon Mapper, alongside Planet's customers, will utilize the data to track and reduce point-source methane and CO2 emiss...
Study highlights greater ocean heat storage efficiency during last deglaciation
Sep 22, 2024 (SPX)
However, paleoceanographic observations suggest that over long time scales, deep ocean warming can match or even exceed surface warming, with heat storage effic...
Holistic approach to understanding Earth System science
Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)
Earth system science focuses on understanding the energy and matter transfers between these geospheres and subsystems across scales. This interdisciplinary fiel...
BlackSky secures HEO contract for Space Domain Awareness and Non-Earth Imaging
Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)
As part of the collaboration, BlackSky will provide high-resolution imagery from its mid-inclination orbit satellites to HEO. These capabilities will enhance NE...
NOAA extends Mesonet Partnership with Climavision for Enhanced Radar Data
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
Over the past year, 20 NWS forecast offices across seven states have started evaluating Climavision's radar data as part of the National Mesonet Program. The fo...
Lockheed Martin secures $297M contract for GeoXO Lightning Mapper for NOAA
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
The work will primarily take place at Lockheed Martin's facilities in Sunnyvale, California, and Littleton, Colorado, as well as NASA's Goddard Space Flight Cen...
NASA's Aura Satellite: A 20-Year Legacy of Atmospheric Discovery
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
Mission Objectives: A Focus on Air and Ozone From the outset, Aura's mission was ambitious: to explore the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere at a level of detail ...
Study challenges long-held explanation for Doldrums, the equatorial low-wind region
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
"The idea of what causes the doldrums came from a time where we didn't know a lot about how air actually moves in the tropics," explained Julia Windmiller, an a...
EarthCARE's Atmospheric Lidar Reveals Detailed Profiles of Atmospheric Particles
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) are contributing significantly, developing algorithms to derive aerosol and cloud stra...
Planet Signs Three-Year Deal with German Space Agency for Satellite Imagery and Data Access
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
The German Space Agency will utilize Planet's satellite data to support national and international research projects focused on major global challenges. In addi...
NASA Taps BlackSky for High-Frequency Satellite Imaging to Boost Earth Science Research
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
"Adding BlackSky's space-based intelligence products to NASA's research data repository provides yet another valuable proof point of government demand for real-...
Fraunhofer IAF Amplifiers Support Arctic Weather Satellite for Advanced Climate Observation
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
LNAs are designed to improve signal quality by amplifying weak signals with minimal interference, making them easier to detect and analyze. "The more powerful a...
Satellite navigation systems enable precise global soil moisture monitoring
Sep 16, 2024 (SPX)
Soil moisture is a vital component of Earth's water cycle, affecting climate patterns, agriculture, and ecosystems. Traditional methods, such as microwave remot...
Pixxel secures NASA contract for Earth science research with hyperspectral tech
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
This contract establishes Pixxel as a prominent player in the space industry, joining a group of established Earth Observation organizations. Under this agreeme...
Sentinel-2C completes critical early orbit phase, begins commissioning
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
Launch and First Signals Sentinel-2C, the third satellite in the Copernicus Sentinel-2 program, launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 5 September...
Tibetan plateau's unique heatwave amplified by land-atmosphere interactions
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "Roof of the World" due to its high elevation, plays a crucial role in global climate patterns. Warming in this region has...
ICEYE to provide SAR satellites and data for Greece's national satellite program in collaboration with ESA
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
In addition to launching sovereign satellites, Greece will have access to ICEYE's extensive SAR satellite constellation, the largest of its kind globally. This ...
ICEYE US Chosen by NASA to Provide Radar Data for Earth Science Research
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
Since 2020, NASA's CSDA program has been acquiring data from commercial sources, including ICEYE, to support the scientific research objectives of the Earth Sci...
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