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Hyperbolic Mirrors for Earth Observation Satellites
Sep 29, 2021 (SPX)
Earth observation satellites employ hyperbolic mirrors in their telescope design to allow high optical performance over a large field-of-view in a compact footp...
China launches high-resolution Earth-observation satellite
Sep 29, 2021 (XNA)
The State-owned space contractor said in a statement the solid-propellant rocket blasted off at 2:19 pm at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern C...
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency funds Phase 4a of MagQuest Challenge
Sep 29, 2021 (SPX)
Produced since 1905, the WMM originated with data collection from two ships surveying 500,000 miles of ocean. Today, the data is collected by satellites operate...
MDA releases first details of its next generation commercial earth observation mission
Sep 28, 2021 (SPX)
For more than 25 years, MDA has been providing SAR data and imagery to government, commercial and institutional clients globally. That data and imagery is used ...
Intensified water cycle slows down global warming
Sep 24, 2021 (SPX)
As a result of a warming climate, the global water cycle becomes more intensified and as a result wet regions are getting wetter and dry regions are getting dri...
Exolaunch to facilitate launch of Lunasonde's Gossamer Satellite Constellation
Sep 24, 2021 (SPX)
Though resources such as water and minerals power our world, there is no sustainable way to locate them and no scalable way to map them. Lunasonde is the next f...
NASA satellites show how clouds respond to arctic sea ice change
Sep 24, 2021 (SPX)
For decades, scientists have assumed that losses in Arctic sea ice cover allow for the formation of more clouds near the ocean's surface. Now, new NASA research...
The Biomass satellite and disappearing 'football fields'
Sep 24, 2021 (SPX)
Our forests and global climate are closely linked. Forests are huge carbon stores. They cover around one third of the world's surface, but they store about half...
Earth from Space: Maharloo Lake
Sep 21, 2021 (ESA)
Maharloo sits at an altitude of around 1400 m above sea level and is located around 27 km southeast of Shiraz, in southwest Iran. Yearly evaporation in the dese...
Joining forces for Aeolus
Sep 21, 2021 (ESA)
Since it was launched three years ago, Aeolus has far exceeded expectations and frequently hailed a remarkable success. It was developed as a research mission a...
What's going on with the ozone?
Sep 20, 2021 (ESA)
The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects Earth from potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation. In the 1970s, scientists discovered that the ozone layer was be...
Synspective signs launch agreement with Exolaunch to launch 3rd SAR Satellite StriX-1 on Soyuz-2
Sep 20, 2021 (SPX)
The companies extended their collaboration after signing a launch agreement for the second Synspective's demonstration SAR satellite "StriX-beta", which is curr...
Better weather forecasting through satellite isotope data assimilation
Sep 15, 2021 (SPX)
In a new study published in Scientific Reports, a research team led by Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo reports that weather forecast ac...
Jet stream changes could amplify weather extremes by 2060s
Sep 15, 2021 (SPX)
Led by Matthew Osman, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Arizona Climate Systems Center, the study is published in the Proceedings of the Na...
TROPICS pathfinder satellite produces global first light images and captures Hurricane Ida
Sep 14, 2021 (SPX)
The satellite launched on June 30, 2021 as the pathfinder - or test - satellite for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Inten...
Allen Coral Atlas completes map of the world's coral reefs using satellite imagery
Sep 09, 2021 (SPX)
Named for the late Paul G. Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, the Allen Coral Atlas was developed and implemented through a partnership now directe...
Gaofen 5-02 satellite launched from Taiyuan
Sep 08, 2021 (XNA)
The administration said the satellite was carried by a Long March 4C carrier rocket that blasted off at 11:01 am and then successfully entered orbit, marking th...
Covid restrictions bring blip in better air quality: UN
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
A new report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found that Covid-19 restrictions last year temporarily improved air quality in a number of pl...
Meteosat Gen 3 takes major step towards its first launch
Sep 03, 2021 (ESA)
Following on from the success of the first and second generation of Meteosat satellites, the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) will soon take over the reins to en...
BlackSky secures investment from Palantir
Sep 02, 2021 (SPX)
Through the pilot project, BlackSky automatically delivered insights and intelligence to Palantir customers within minutes of collection, without any human inte...
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