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Chinese Gaofen satellites deployed for quake-hit Sichuan
Sep 07, 2022 (XNA)
More than 10 satellites were deployed to capture images of the quake-hit areas 10 minutes after the earthquake jolted Sichuan's Luding County at 12:52 p.m. Mond...
Black Summer wildfires in Australia impacted climate and high altitude winds across the southern hemisphere
Sep 07, 2022 (SPX)
Two analyses led by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) now reveal the climate impact of these huge fires: Smoke particles with a total mas...
Space Compass and Skyloom sign term sheet to bring optical data relay services to EO market
Sep 06, 2022 (SPX)
The companies plan to deploy the first network infrastructure node over Asia in 2024 and anticipate expanding the GEO constellation to provide additional capaci...
Long March successfully deploys Beijing 3B satellite
Aug 30, 2022 (XNA)
The rocket blasted off at 11:01 am from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and later deployed a Beijing 3B satellite, a high-performance, op...
AIR releases upgraded remote sensing monitoring and forecasting system of vegetation pests and diseases
Aug 30, 2022 (SPX)
During the Third Conference on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Pests and Diseases held online on August 27, the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) unde...
BlackSky awarded NASA contract to advance Earth Science research
Aug 30, 2022 (SPX)
"New discoveries in Earth science can be accelerated with innovative research methods and real-time dynamic data sets that keep up with the increasingly rapid p...
Hungary sacks weather service chief over inaccurate forecasts
Aug 22, 2022 (AFP)
Technology Minister Lazlo Palkovics, under whose remit the National Meteorological Service (NMS) falls, relieved president Kornelia Radics and her deputy Gyula ...
Launch Schedule for 3rd StriX-1 SAR satellite
Aug 19, 2022 (SPX)
StriX-1 has a launch window starting from mid-September (UTC). Exact lift-off target date and time will be confirmed soon. Please note that the launch may be po...
The Lacuna Space water monitoring system
Aug 19, 2022 (SPX)
IoT Ventures has used Semtech's LoRa devices to develop its Drought Early Warning System, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monitors to analyze wate...
Landsat 9 operations to transition from NASA to US Geological Survey
Aug 12, 2022 (SPX)
"Northrop Grumman-built satellites like Landsat 9 are vital to tracking the state of our planet," said Mike Witt, chief sustainability officer, Northrop Grumman...
Fleet Space' Exosphere Earth Scanning Technology tested at lithium exploration site
Aug 10, 2022 (SPX)
This was commissioned by Australia's newest lithium miner, Core Lithium, at its Finniss Project in Australia's Northern Territory. This is in line with its miss...
China receives data from newly launched ecosystem monitoring satellite
Aug 08, 2022 (XNA)
The satellite was carried into space on Thursday by a Long March-4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province. Since Thur...
M2 satellite delivers Australia's first high-res Earth observation images
Aug 05, 2022 (SPX)
"With these demonstrations, building on our previous demonstration of on-board artificial intelligence on the mission, M2 is stepping Australia towards niche le...
Cloud study demystifies impact of aerosols
Aug 04, 2022 (SPX)
Aerosols are tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere, and they play a key role in the formation of clouds. With aerosols increasing due to human activities, ...
Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite
Aug 04, 2022 (ESA)
ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Simonetta Cheli, stated, "Unfortunately, we have to announce the end of the mission for the Copernicus Sentinel-...
BlackSky expands its dynamic monitoring capabilities with Airbus Reseller Partnership
Aug 04, 2022 (SPX)
"The combination of BlackSky's dynamic, real-time multi-source Spectra AI monitoring platform with multiple types of very high-resolution electro-optical and sy...
NASA's mineral dust detector on ISS starts gathering data with EMIT
Aug 03, 2022 (JPL)
After being installed on the exterior of the International Space Station, NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission has provided its...
International Space Agency Teamwork puts the Whole World in our Hands
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
The Earth Observing Dashboard is a user-friendly interactive computer interface for exploring the planet and tracking its changes over time. This knowledge can ...
Using satellite imagery to protect the environment and assist humanitarian aid
Aug 02, 2022 (SPX)
How do you facilitate the supply of imagery from Airbus Defence and Space in support of the Airbus Foundation's partners? As the focal point for the Airbus Foun...
Operation centres in tune for upcoming weather satellite
Aug 01, 2022 (SPX)
These final tests, known as system validation tests, involved both Telespazio's control centre in Fucino in Italy and Eumetsat's mission operations facility in ...
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