Observing Odin’s Odometer Continuing To Rack Up Space Miles
The Swedish atmospheric research and astronomy satellite Odin celebrated eight years in orbit (on Friday, February 20th) and the value of its observations continues to increase.
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NGA Finds GeoEye Perfect For Eye In The Sky Needs
GeoEye, Inc. has announced the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) notified the Company that imagery from the GeoEye-1 satellite has been certified as meeting their stringent requirements for quality, accuracy and resolution.
Read MoreMapping For Energy Is A WhiteStar Commitment
WhiteStar Corp. has introduced WhiteStar OPUS, a turn-key hardware/software solution that provides immediate enterprise access to 18 terabytes of pre-rendered geospatial data. Cached map data includes four WhiteStar Enterprise data sets.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth — EO-1 Establishes Erebus Energy
Antarctica’s Mount Erebus may be covered with glaciers, but they do little to cool the volcano’s molten core.
Read MoreHere’s Looking At Earth: Tetiaroa Island
Tetiaroa Island is part of the Society Islands archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, one of several island clusters in French Polynesia.
Read MoreGOCE To Leave Earth’s Graces Next Month
Eurockot Launch Services and its customer, the European Space Agency (ESA), have started preparations for the launch of the GOCE Earth Explorer satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
Read MoreScots Finding Funds For Fire Suppression From Space
A Scottish company is raising funds to develop a satellite that could help track and prevent the spread of forest fires such as those that recently devastated parts of south-eastern Australia.
Read MoreHere’s Looking At Earth: Ash From Asama…
Asama Volcano on the Japanese island of Honshu showed signs of unrest starting in late January 2009, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
Read MoreMetop-A Makes Amends
The Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) system on EUMETSAT’s Metop-A polar-orbiting satellite is operational again following a successful two-month trial last October and November.
Read MoreReal World Perspectives For Nokia Users Via DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe and Nokia have agreed to bring the real-world perspective of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to Nokia Maps, both on mobile devices and on Ovi, improving the global driving, hiking and walking navigation capabilities for consumers who use these applications.
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