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News 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.
Read MoreIn late February 2008, a large part of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula disintegrated.
Read MoreThe Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will provide advanced imaging and radiometric capabilities onboard the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
Read MoreLockheed Martin is ramping up for production of the next series of weather satellites after being selected as the contractor for NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver will build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program.
Read MoreSouth Korea plans to launch a maritime communication and weather satellite into space in June 2009, according to reports from South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.
Read MoreGood news that should provide positive changes as NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and their international partners cut the ribbon Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, for SERVIR-Africa which integrates the satellite resources of the United States and other countries into a Web-based Earth information system.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully delivered a key sensor for global climate change measurement one week ahead of schedule and on budget.
Read MoreBy the afternoon of October 15, 2008, Hurricane Omar seemed poised to strike. Classified as a Category 1 hurricane at that time, the storm was strengthening as it moved toward the northeast.
Read MoreIn attendance at the European Space Council in Brussels on September 26 was EUMETSAT Director-General, Dr. Lars Prahm, whose presence validated the importance of Europe's satellite applications services in operational meteorology. The Space Council set four new priorities for the European Space Policy: space and climate change, contribution of space to the Lisbon strategy, space and security, and space exploration.
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