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BlackSky continues operational momentum with two back-to-back launches in six days
Dec 08, 2021 (SPX)
"BlackSky is pushing the boundaries of operational pace and agility in how we introduce new satellite capacity to customers," said Nick Merski, BlackSky chief o...
Earth from Space: White Nile, Sudan
Dec 06, 2021 (ESA)
This false-colour image, captured on 25 August 2021, was processed in a way that also includes information from the near-infrared channel and shows vegetation i...
Airbus completes second ocean satellite Sentinel-6B
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
"Copernicus Sentinel-6" mission is already delivering high-precision measurement of the topography of ocean surfaces through the first of two satellites, "Senti...
Orbital Insight Integrates with Esri's ArcGIS Platform to Streamline Satellite and Sensor Imagery Analysis
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
Customers of Esri, the world leader in location intelligence, who also use Orbital Insight GO can now seamlessly work between both systems, making it easier to ...
Rocket Lab closes acquisition of space hardware company Planetary Systems
Dec 02, 2021 (SPX)
A trusted leader in separation systems and satellite dispensers across the space industry, PSC's flight-proven, cost-effective, and lightweight hardware streaml...
Geophysicists detect electron dance deep inside the Earth, with a Twist
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
Under pressures like those deep inside the Earth, the orbits in which the electrons move are squeezed, the "dance floor" changes. Electron pairs are sometimes f...
Strong winds power electric fields in the upper atmosphere
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
The dynamo churns in the ionosphere, the electrically charged boundary between Earth and space. It's powered by tidal winds in the upper atmosphere that are fas...
Spire Global completes acquisition of exactEarth Ltd
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
Under the terms of the transaction, Spire acquired all of the outstanding common shares of exactEarth through its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Spire Global ...
NASA rocket to study mysterious area above the North Pole
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
Radio and GPS signals behave strangely when they travel through this part of the sky. In the last 20 years, scientists and spacecraft operators noticed somethin...
BlackSky set to expand its EO constellation for real-time global intelligence
Nov 22, 2021 (SPX)
"Growing BlackSky's constellation and increasing our rapid-revisit monitoring capabilities is about more than just getting satellites into space," said Nick Mer...
China launches new satellite
Nov 22, 2021 (XNA)
The satellite, Gaofen-11 03, was launched by a Long March-4B rocket at 9:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit successfully. Developed by the Chi...
NASA Study Traces Decade of Ammonia Air Pollution in Africa
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
Ammonia is emitted naturally from soils and vegetation fires, but agricultural activities such as raising livestock and using fertilizer are also major sources....
Planet and New Light Technologies deliver disaster imagery to FEMA
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
Emergency managers require up-to-date information throughout the lifecycle of an incident on the conditions of impacted communities in order to make decisions a...
NASA's Eyes on the Earth puts the world at your fingertips
Nov 18, 2021 (JPL)
Eyes on the Earth offers an engaging, interactive resource to learn more about environmental phenomena and their impacts. For instance, to see measurements of t...
US President Biden calls on Congress to ratify treaty on ozone depletion
Nov 17, 2021 (AFP)
Biden urged the Senate to back ratifying the 2019 Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which has been signed by 124 countries and pushes for reduction of ...
Earth from Space: Cancun, Mexico
Nov 16, 2021 (ESA)
Cancun's location on the Caribbean Sea, tropical climate and string of beaches have made the city and the Riviera Maya to the south of Cancun one of Mexico's to...
Now back, space station astronauts recall the view, a crisis and peppers they grew
Nov 15, 2021 (UPI)
Astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet gave their first press conference Monday morning since splashing down Nov. 8 in t...
NASA taps BlackSky for rapid revisit satellite imaging data
Nov 15, 2021 (SPX)
"This award reflects yet another valuable point of alignment between government demand and BlackSky's commercially available real-time, global intelligence prod...
Planet to acquire VanderSat to deliver advanced agriculture data products to customers
Nov 15, 2021 (SPX)
Planet intends to leverage VanderSat's technologies and products in further pursuit of bringing to market next-generation solutions that leverage the best of co...
Student's research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind
Nov 11, 2021 (SPX)
So he turned it over to his research student, Rajan Itani, who is pursuing a doctorate in physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The result: a paper aut...
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