Here’s Looking @ Earth: China Awaiting Koppu
Tropical Storm Koppu was nearing landfall over southern China when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra captured this image on September 14, 2009.
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Here’s Looking @ Earth: Happy Birthday GeoEye-1
GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has marked the one-year launch anniversary of GeoEye-1, the commercial Earth-imaging satellite. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on September 6, 2008.
Read MoreMDA’s RADARSAT-2 To Improve ESA’s Imagery
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has signed a $4.6 million (CAD) contract to provide RADARSAT-2 satellite imagery to the European Space Agency (ESA) — the imagery will be delivered from July 2009 until September 2010.
Read MoreAgreement Accomplishment: GeoEye + NGA
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) has signed a contract to extend its Service Level Agreement with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) through March 31, 2010.
Read MoreFuture EO Launch Brings SpaceX + Astrium Together
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astrium have announced a contract for a SpaceX Falcon 1e to launch an Earth observation satellite designed by Astrium or its recently acquired subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL).
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… A Mongolian Marvel…
In southeastern Mongolia, roughly halfway between Ulaanbaatar and Beijing, lies an ancient crater.
Read MoreGeomatica Matters For Remote Sensing Pros
PCI Geomatics has signed a license server renewal with Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Earth Sciences Sector.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Charring Effects…
Charred plants color the hills northeast of Athens, Greece, chocolate brown in this photo-like image (top) from NASA’s EO-1 satellite August 27, 2009.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Of Glacial Grandeur…
The Heiltskuk (also written Ha-Iltzuk) Icefield covers an area of approximately 3,600 square kilometers (1,389 square miles) in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… L.A. Basin Suffers Smoke + Flames
The image above is the MODIS instrument capture of the Station fire in southern California from NASA's Terra satellite and was captured at 18:45 UTC on August 30th, 11:45 local time. The image below is from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite, which captured this detailed view of the southern California Statin fire on August 30th at 20:20 UTC, 12:20 local time.
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