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Serco Europe launches space research incubator in Italy
Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)
The Red Lab is a research hub which aims to strengthen Serco's relationships with universities and research institutes and encourage cooperation in space resear...
Two US satellites fail to enter orbit due to abnormal situation: Reports
Oct 11, 2020 (Sputnik)
Two US satellites have failed to enter orbit due to an abnormal situation that occured during the launch of a Vega rocket, a source told Sputnik. The Vega rocke...
Nanohmics to test ultra-compact hyperspectral imager on the ISS
Oct 08, 2020 (SPX)
Spectral imaging is used in a variety of applications, including atmospheric and ground environmental studies, precision agriculture, medical and defense applic...
Compact, low-cost system provides fast 3D hyperspectral imaging
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
"Our work enables fast 3D hyperspectral imaging in an efficient and low-cost manner," said lead author Yibo Xu, who earned her Ph.D. from Rice University. "This...
Satellite use AI to process EO imagery in-flight
Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)
This historic event has been achieved onboard Pi-sat-1, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Artificial Intelligence (AI) demonstration cubesat that was launched o...
Monitoring trucks and trade from space
Oct 05, 2020 (ESA)
In April, ESA launched a call for proposals as part of a special edition of the Custom Script Contest, an initiative run in coordination with the European Commi...
Satellogic announces global consortium of geospatial imagery
Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)
European Space Imaging, the leading supplier of global imagery in Europe and North Africa, joins as a founding member of the Global Consortium. Other partners i...
New research on how planetary forces shape the Earth's surface
Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)
Why aren't land and water more mixed up, forming a landscape of lakes? And why is most of the land relatively low and close to sea level, making coastal regions...
First group of Gaofen pictures are clearest ever
Sep 30, 2020 (XNA)
More than 20 sub-meter-resolution images taken by the High-Resolution Multi-Mode Imaging Satellite, the latest in China's Gaofen high-resolution Earth-observati...
First AI image from space with HyperScout
Sep 29, 2020 (SPX)
The premier on artificial intelligence in space was announced by Josef Aschbacher, director of he Earth Observation program of the European Space Agency, at the...
China sends two environmental monitoring satellites into space
Sep 29, 2020 (XNA)
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the HJ-2A and HJ-2B satellites took off at 11:23 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the launch center. They will replace the HJ-1...
CO2 emission reductions are not yet detectable in atmosphere from Covid shutdowns
Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)
Recent measurements by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) revealed that concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has not yet ...
MethaneSAT completes critical design review, moves into production phase
Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)
"This is a complex, technically challenging mission driven by the profound urgency of climate change. An intensive design process up front ensures that we can m...
USSF and NOAA begin joint operations of infrared weather satellite
Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)
Originally launched in 2006, GOES-13 provided operational weather coverage over the United States East Coast for 10 years before being replaced in the GOES-East...
Air pollution in a post-COVID-19 world
Sep 21, 2020 (ESA)
This year, satellite data have been widely used to monitor fluctuations in air quality brought on by strict COVID-19 measures. The Copernicus Sentinel-5P satell...
Kleos Scouting Mission launch update
Sep 18, 2020 (SPX)
The Company has been informed (by NSIL via Spaceflight Inc.) that the launch of the four Kleos satellites planned on-board PSLV-C49 mission is being targeted du...
Ball Aerospace selected by NASA to study sustainable land imaging technologies
Sep 16, 2020 (SPX)
The studies leverage previous SLI Technologies, including the Ball-built Operational Land Imager 2, which will fly on the Landsat 9 mission launching in 2021. "...
NASA monitors carbon monoxide from California wildfires
Sep 15, 2020 (JPL)
The animation shows three-day averages of carbon monoxide concentrations around 3 miles (5 kilometers) up in the atmosphere between Sept. 6 and Sept. 14. The re...
Emissions pioneer GHGSat secures US$30m in Series B funding
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
Led by the Government of Quebec's Investissement Quebec, the participants in the investment tranche also include OGCI Climate Investments, Business Development ...
Machine-learning nanosatellites to monitor global trade
Sep 08, 2020 (SPX)
The four satellites are due to be launched this month, two aboard an Indian PSLV launcher and another two on a Russian Soyuz launcher. Spire uses automatic iden...
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