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Japanese space industry startup Synspective raises US $100M

Mar 30, 2022 (SPX)

Synspective Inc. develops and operates high-frequency, high-resolution SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites to provide data analytics and solution services...

Planet-scale MRI

Mar 30, 2022 (SPX)

Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteris...

Momentus' Vigoride vehicle completes thermal vacuum testing

Mar 29, 2022 (SPX)

Thermal vacuum testing allows for the simulation of space conditions, including the temperature and altitude that the Vigoride spacecraft will experience during...

Chaos theory provides hints for controlling the weather

Mar 29, 2022 (SPX)

While weather predictions have reached levels of high accuracy thanks to methods such as supercomputer-based simulations and data assimilation, where observatio...

Fleet Space Technologies to revolutionise mineral exploration with launch of Geosphere

Mar 28, 2022 (SPX)

It also drastically reduces the requirement for environmentally damaging elements of existing surveyance practices such as the use of explosives, noise machines...

MTG-I weather satellite passes tests in preparation for liftoff

Mar 25, 2022 (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...

UN wants worldwide weather warning systems within 5 years

Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)

A third of the world's people, mainly in the least-developed countries and developing small island states, are without early warning coverage, the UN said, with...

Determining the weight of Earth from space

Mar 18, 2022 (SPX)

Since their launch, the satellites of the GRACE satellites on 17 March 2002 and those of the successor mission 'GRACE Follow-On' (GRACE-FO) have been recording ...

Remote sensing satellite lifted successfully into orbit

Mar 18, 2022 (XNA)

The State-owned space contractor said that the Yaogan 34-02 satellite was placed in a preset orbit aboard a Long March 4C rocket that lifted off at 3:09 pm. The...

Shipwreck of the 'Endurance' found safe thanks to satellite data

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

Sea ice is constantly changing. Winds and ocean currents can compress large masses of ice within hours and close open channels. If the ice is under pressure, fl...

Satellites and surveys help count population to fill census gaps

Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)

Researchers at WorldPop combined building footprints derived from satellite imagery and recent small-scale household census surveys to model population counts a...

China planning global system for precision meteorological monitoring

Mar 13, 2022 (XNA)

The "global occultation meteorological detection constellation" will measure the frequency, phase and amplitude of signals transmitted by navigation satellites,...

Scientists develop a new model of a fundamental process of Earth's global dynamics

Mar 13, 2022 (SPX)

How do these subduction zones originate, and how do they evolve over time? Geologists already knew that in these zones, on a time scale of thousands of years, t...

Esri releases updated land-cover map with new sets of global data

Mar 11, 2022 (SPX)

This digital rendering of earth's surfaces offers detailed information and insights about how land is being used. The map is available online to more than 10 mi...

Satellogic to launch five satellites on SpaceX Transporter-4 Mission

Mar 11, 2022 (SPX)

The upcoming launch includes the first deployment of Satellogic's new Mark V satellite model. This new generation of satellites enhances the company's constella...

China receives data from land observation satellite

Mar 09, 2022 (XNA)

The satellite L-SAR 01B was sent into orbit atop a Long March 4C rocket on Feb. 27. China's L-SAR 01 is a satellite group composed of two satellites equipped wi...

Atlas V rocket launches new NOAA weather satellite

Mar 02, 2022 (UPI)

United Launch Alliance's Atlas V lifted off as planned into a mostly sunny sky at 4:38 p.m. EST from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Meteorolo...

Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletion

Mar 02, 2022 (SPX)

Now, atmospheric chemists at MIT have found that the smoke from those fires set off chemical reactions in the stratosphere that contributed to the destruction o...

Tonga volcano to have smaller cooling impact on climate change than first thought

Mar 02, 2022 (SPX)

An undersea volcano at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) erupted violently on 15th January 2022, which raised wide public concern about its impact on global clim...

Planet Labs PBC launches next generation PlanetScope with Eight Spectral Bands

Mar 02, 2022 (SPX)

"Planet is focused on delivering the most timely and accurate data possible to our customers. We are excited about this release because we know it empowers cust...