EARTH OBSERVATION - ROBO DAILY

A new way of looking at the Earth's interior

Oct 22, 2020 (SPX)

Then there are the volcanic rocks that emerge in some places on the Earth's surface from deep within and provide important clues about the chemical composition ...

Rogue cubesats eye Hurricane Sally from space

Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)

The Aerospace Corporation's Rogue Alpha/Beta CubeSats sent compelling imagery of the hurricane to Earth via laser communications, demonstrating how a small sate...

Predicting tornadoes on UK cold fronts for the first time

Oct 21, 2020 (SPX)

Around 30 tornadoes occur in the UK each year, 40% of which develop on cold fronts - but a lack of forecasting methods for these conditions means they strike wi...

Satellites keep eye on crawfish for gourmets

Oct 21, 2020 (XNA)

Soon, they will have a new group of beneficiaries-gourmets in love with freshwater crawfish-known in Chinese as xiaolongxia, or little lobsters. A domestic spac...

ICEYE shares nearly 18,000 satellite image archive under Creative Commons License

Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)

"The ICEYE SAR satellite constellation is here for the global community of decision makers, data users, and more, to improve our shared world around us all," sa...

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...

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...

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 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...