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Teledyne e2v to supply Infrared detector for TRUTHS Climate Change Satellite
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
Announced in November 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK, to carry out the pre-development work to d...
Copernicus satellites keep eyes on icebergs for Vendee Globe
Dec 03, 2020 (ESA)
On route the racers not only have to contend with solitude and the dangers of fierce winds, huge waves and swells, but also the risk of collision, notably with ...
Rocket Lab to launch dedicated mission for Japanese earth imaging company Synspective
Dec 01, 2020 (SPX)
The dedicated mission for Synspective is scheduled for lift-off during a 14-day launch window opening on 12 December UTC and will launch from Rocket Lab Launch ...
ESAIL's first map of global shipping
Nov 27, 2020 (ESA)
The high-performance satellite was developed as a Partnership Project to help European and Canadian space companies succeed in the competitive global telecommun...
Teledyne e2v part of UK Collaboration to Develop Quantum Technologies to Measure Atmosphere
Nov 26, 2020 (SPX)
The company was selected through the open competition for the 13th Earth Observation (EO) Technology Call, run by the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentati...
Over to you, Eumetsat
Nov 26, 2020 (ESA)
About an hour after a flawless launch, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Earth separated from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and for the first time it was flying on its ...
Satellite imagery used for electricity consumption forecasting in Africa for the first time in new service
Nov 25, 2020 (SPX)
The service improves the planning and provision of electricity towards ending energy poverty, helping to direct investments and scale projects that support the ...
US-European mission launches to monitor the world's oceans
Nov 22, 2020 (JPL)
About the size of a small pickup truck, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea level collected by an ongoing collabo...
20 Years of Observing Earth from the International Space Station
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
Astronaut photography, formally called Crew Earth Observations (CEO), has resulted in more than 3.5 million photographs of the ever-changing blue planet. But ca...
Space Flight Laboratory to supply 3 more greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
"SFL congratulates GHGSat on its success in providing commercial greenhouse gas monitoring services from space," said SFL Director, Dr. Robert E. Zee. "This con...
Contracts signed for three high-priority ESA environmental missions
Nov 17, 2020 (ESA)
There are six Copernicus high-priority Sentinel Expansion missions planned to complement the current capabilities of the Sentinels and address EU policy priorit...
Preparing to fly an Earth-observing genius
Nov 16, 2020 (ESA)
The flagship mission from the Spanish Earth Observation Program will launch on Tuesday, 17 November, at 02:52 CET from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guia...
Airbus wins ESA's LSTM temperature-check mission for Copernicus next generation
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
It is one of the six new missions, expanding the capabilities of the current Copernicus space component. The contract is valued at euro 380 million which includ...
Microbes might be gatekeepers of the planet's greatest greenhouse gas reserves
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
The research is not yet peer-reviewed and has been controversial, with some climate scientists saying the Guardian article makes unsupported claims. We agree th...
NASA deems SwRI-developed satellites healthy, extends CYGNSS mission
Nov 12, 2020 (SPX)
The constellation of microsatellites designed, built and operated by Southwest Research Institute with the University of Michigan has made history over the last...
Teledyne e2v completes signing of detector supply contract for Copernicus Sentinel satellites
Nov 12, 2020 (SPX)
These new Teledyne e2v CMOS image sensors, designed for space applications, feature a large area resolution of 2048 x 2048, 10um pixels, are radiation tolerant,...
More science for less money using 3D-printed weather stations
Nov 12, 2020 (SPX)
Commercial weather stations can cost thousands of dollars, limiting both their availability and thus the amount of climate data that can be collected. But the a...
SEOSAT-Ingenio sealed from view
Nov 11, 2020 (ESA)
SEOSAT-Ingenio, the new Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, carries a state-of-the-art dual camera that can image Earth's land with a resolution of 2....
Detecting pollution from individual ships from space
Nov 10, 2020 (ESA)
Maritime transport has a direct impact on air quality in many coastal cities. Commercial ships and vessels burn fuel for energy and emit several types of air po...
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Prepared for Launch
Nov 06, 2020 (SPX)
"We're almost there," said project manager Parag Vaze of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. "Soon, we'll be watching the satellite on its ...
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