USGS — Landsat-5 Responding To Tests
As you may recall, on January 7th we offered a news story regarding the failure of Landsat-5. Encouraging news now follows...
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USGS — Landsat 5 Is Limping
On December 18, 2009, the transmitter on Landsat 5 that sends image data to the ground encountered technical difficulties.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth — Great Snows On Great Britain
Snow blanketed Great Britain on January 7, 2010, as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead and captured this image.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth — Solomon Shaker
A strong earthquake near the Solomon Islands, northeast of Australia, caused landslides and a small tsunami on January 4, 2010.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth — Pyroclastic Pressures In Montserrat
In the waning days of 2009 and the first days of 2010, the lava dome on the summit of Soufriere Hills Volcano continued to grow rapidly.
Read MoreDigitalGlobe — WorldView-2 Welcomed As Fully Operational
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has announced their WorldView-2 satellite has achieved full operational capability.
Read MoreDigitalGlobe — WorldView-2 Will Become Engaging On January 4th.
DigitalGlobe's (NYSE: DGI) latest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, is expected to achieve full operational capability on January 4, 2010.
Read MorePCI Geomatics Supports ISPRS Foundation
PCI Geomatics is pleased to announce its support for The ISPRS Foundation Inc. (TIF) which offers assistance to the photogrammetric, remote sensing and spatial information sciences and technologies.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Cleo Climbs Up To Cyclonic Status
The Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite has amazing resolution from space, and captured the former tropical storm Cleo's cloudless eye early this morning as it morphs into a cyclone. MODIS captured an image of Cleo on December 8 at 8:15 UTC (03:15 a.m. ET) as it passed overhead from its orbit in space.
Read MoreRapidEye’s kiosk spricht jetzt Deutsch
RapidEye has released the German version of their online shop for satellite imagery — “The RapidEye Geodata Kiosk”.
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