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Gilat wins 10 million dollar order for transportable direct downlink earth observation system
Dec 12, 2025 (SPX)
The system is based on a transportable direct downlink terminal that field teams can deploy in remote or contested regions to receive data directly from Earth o...
IHI SAT2 hyperspectral CubeSat enters orbit to support forest monitoring and carbon data
Dec 12, 2025 (SPX)
The ultra-compact satellite will collect high-resolution hyperspectral imagery across multiple regions on Earth, supplying detailed data to support forest manag...
SkyFi and ICEYE US roll out direct tasking platform for SAR satellite imagery
Dec 11, 2025 (SPX)
Through ICEYE US Direct, users can log in, select areas of interest, configure imaging parameters, and directly task an ICEYE satellite to collect new data over...
LizzieSat 3 completes bus commissioning for multi mission AI operations
Dec 11, 2025 (SPX)
Following its deployment earlier this year, LS-3 completed post-launch evaluations, activated core subsystems, and integrated CUS-GNC's SpacePilot software to e...
New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals
Dec 09, 2025 (JPL)
But that's just one of many tasks that are on the horizon for AVIRIS-5, short for Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer-5, which has a lot in common wi...
Aechelon links Vantor 3D terrain with Orbion SkyBeam to boost ICEYE SAR AI
Dec 08, 2025 (SPX)
The system converts ICEYE's high-resolution SAR imagery into detailed 3D visualizations that will be demonstrated interactively at I/ITSEC 2025 in Orlando, Flor...
EarthCARE mission tightens cloud and aerosol impacts in next-generation climate models
Dec 08, 2025 (ESA)
Although clouds and aerosols are generally thought to cool the planet, their combined effects on reflected solar radiation and emitted infrared energy remain on...
Italian Earth observation fleet gains eight new IRIDE satellites
Nov 28, 2025 (SPX)
The Falcon 9 rideshare carried several other satellites into orbit, including HydroGNSS, ESA's first Scout mission under the FutureEO programme, and two ICEYE r...
Farms show potential as large-scale tool for climate mitigation in QUT led research
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
Professor Claudia Vickers, lead author from the QUT School of Biology and Environmental Science, explained that the extensive footprint of global farming means ...
Copernicus Sentinel-6B enters operational phase as EUMETSAT takes command
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
The Copernicus Sentinel-6 mission is the latest in a series dedicated to measuring global sea level rise, continuing the record started by the TOPEX/Poseidon an...
NASA, Aerospace Corporation Study Sharpens Focus on Ammonia Emissions
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
A recent study led by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the nonprofit Aerospace Corporation shows how high-resolution ma...
Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
Sentinel-5A is an advanced imaging spectrometer embarked on the first MetOp Second Generation (MetOp-SG-A1) weather satellite, launched into polar orbit in Augu...
NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992
Nov 26, 2025 (SPX)
At the height of this year's depletion season from Sept. 7 through Oct. 13, the average extent of the ozone hole was about 7.23 million square miles (18.71 mill...
Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder Set for Launch Following Final Testing Phase
Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)
The HyMS payload will serve as a technology demonstrator, aiming to validate the function of a hyperspectral microwave sounder in a compact satellite platform. ...
Mitigating radio frequency interference in US weather satellites
Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)
Mustafa Aksoy, an associate professor in UAlbany's College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, is part of a large research team that was awarded a two-...
Outage Prevention from Orbit: Why Utilities Are Turning to Satellites and Geospatial Analytics
Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)
Satellite imagery is the best way for utilities to maintain comprehensive, ongoing visibility into their assets. Energy providers face issues with vegetation th...
Copernicus Sentinel-6B begins mission to advance ocean science
Nov 17, 2025 (SPX)
The satellite, operated by EUMETSAT for the European Commission's Copernicus Programme, is designed to provide high-precision measurements of sea level and fres...
Brazil gears up to harness ESA's Biomass data
Nov 14, 2025 (SPX)
Launched earlier this year, the Biomass mission is designed to unlock novel insights into how forests are changing and their pivotal role in regulating Earth's ...
CSES satellite tracks shifting South Atlantic anomaly and impact on solar cycle twenty five
Nov 14, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with the National Institute of Natural Hazards, analyzed data...
SkyFi adds ICEYE radar imaging to satellite tasking platform
Nov 13, 2025 (SPX)
Users can draw an area of interest, select a sensor and imaging mode, and obtain radar imaging from ICEYE regardless of time or weather. Applications include tr...
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