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A NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a February 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and is the first of its kind.
Read MoreThe launch of the NOAA-N Prime polar-orbiting weather satellite for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4th.
Read MoreJapan has launched a satellite whose focus will be to observe the concentration distribution of greenhouse gases from space. The launch of the Ibuki satellite (also known by GOSAT - Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite) took place on January 23rd at 03:54 UTC from the LP1 launch platform of the Yoshinubo launch complex on Tanegashima.
Read MoreAs is the case for most sub-Saharan African countries, Niger faces problems meeting its water needs. As part of ESA’s TIGER initiative, satellite data are being used to identify surface and underground water resources in the drought-prone country.
Read MoreIt's important to understand how aerosols affect climate — do they emit or experience interference from electromagnetic impulses encountered in space?
Read MoreSatellite imaging provider DMC International Imaging (DMCii) will provide free DMC constellation satellite imagery for scientists to support global environmental monitoring projects.
Read MoreNot exactly, but oceanography data now available will help scientists around the world better understand climate change, and the info comes courtesy of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission.
Read MoreInteresting discovery via a study at the University of Colorado at Boulder which reveals the periodic "breathing" of Earth's upper atmosphere that has long puzzled scientists is due in part to cyclic solar wind disturbances. This finding should assist engineers in tracking satellites more accurately and improve forecasts for electronic communication disruptions.
Read MoreNews just released reported that last month a comprehensive Mission Operations Readiness (MOR) review of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) was successfully completed. This was the largest review of the overall NPOESS configuration to date . . .
Read MoreAt MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics are trying to improve weather forecasting using robotic aircraft and advanced flight plans that consider millions of variables.
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