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New air-breathing spacecraft enhances Earth observation and communication capabilities
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
This innovative spacecraft design is expected to advance Earth observation, climate monitoring, and satellite communications. According to Dr Andrea Lucca Fabri...
China sees continued decline in NOx emissions despite higher fossil fuel use
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers at the Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua University, developed a novel satellite-based inversion system for real-time monitoring of reg...
Ariane 6 set to launch 3Cat-4 CubeSat for Earth observation
May 09, 2024 (SPX)
The mission of 3Cat-4 is primarily educational, aimed at training students in space mission operations while providing them with real-world project responsibili...
NASA Advances Climate Research with New Earth System Explorers Program Proposals
May 08, 2024 (SPX)
These investigations align with recommendations from the 2017 Decadal Survey by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which advocates f...
Satellogic joins global data marketplace to enhance sales and distribution
May 07, 2024 (SPX)
The Global Data Marketplace streamlines the connection between vendors and consumers of commercial space data on a unified platform. This model supports immedia...
ICEYE launches new APIs for direct satellite tasking and data access
May 07, 2024 (SPX)
The first of these APIs is designed to automate the satellite tasking process, streamlining operations for customers with their own access platforms. The second...
Capella Space launches automated vessel detection service
May 07, 2024 (SPX)
Capella Space's Vessel Classification automates the detection and classification of vessels, improving analyst efficiency and precision. Unlike generic models, ...
Satellogic unveils expansive high-resolution image dataset for AI training
May 03, 2024 (SPX)
"Following a stream of recent publications, with the release of this large dataset we aim to accelerate the development of foundational models in the field of E...
BAE Systems to construct new atmospheric sensor for NOAA's GeoXO satellites
May 02, 2024 (SPX)
The GeoXO constellation will consist of three satellites aimed at advancing observations in key NOAA areas, including lightning mapping and weather monitoring t...
Bridging the gap: USUS computer scientists develop new model
May 02, 2024 (SPX)
"Water managers need accurate data for water resource management tasks, including lake coastal zone monitoring, rising seas border shift detection and erosion m...
Small aerosol particles proven critical in cloud formation
May 02, 2024 (SPX)
Clouds are a complex and poorly understood component of the climate system, representing a significant uncertainty in climate change predictions. Understanding ...
Spire Global to supply AI-Enhanced Weather Predictions to Financial Sector
Apr 30, 2024 (SPX)
The collaboration will extend Spire's recent partnership with NVIDIA, utilizing the Earth-2 platform designed for weather and climate change modeling. This init...
NASA's ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space
Apr 26, 2024 (SPX)
In the early 2000s, a team of scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, prototyped the Ocean Radiometer for Carbon Assessment (OR...
High-resolution lidar unveils droplet formation in clouds
Apr 26, 2024 (SPX)
"We are interested in this 'droplet activation zone,' where most cloud droplets are initially formed at the cloud base, because the number of droplets formed th...
Oldest evidence of Earth's magnetic field discovered by researchers
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
The study focused on ancient iron-rich rocks from Greenland, which due to their magnetic properties, provide a historical record of the magnetic field's intensi...
NASA's CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds
Apr 24, 2024 (JPL)
CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations. Or...
Satellogic partners with O.N.E. Amazon to develop the Internet of Forests
Apr 23, 2024 (SPX)
The partnership focuses on the development of the Internet of Forests (IoF), an extensive sensor network coupled with machine learning to monitor vital environm...
Mapping plant traits from space: HKU team integrates field and satellite data for ecosystem analysis
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Using satellites to capture plant characteristics The team's innovative approach involves integrating vegetation spectroscopy and phenology to utilize the high-...
Satellite technology from Surrey University aids Mauritius in illegal fishing detection
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Dr. Raffaella Guida, a specialist in Satellite Remote Sensing at the Surrey Space Centre, emphasized the project's significance. "Finding illegal fishing vessel...
Lynred secures contract for Sentinel-2 NG mission's advanced infrared detector
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
The company will embark on the pre-development of Phase A/B1 for this project, aiming to enhance system-level performance to achieve more precise survey accurac...
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