News tagged with earth observation system
Satellites Guide Relief to Earthquake Victims
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2009 |
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On May 28 at 2:24 a.m. local time, a deadly earthquake rocked Honduras, killing seven people and injuring several others, demolishing homes, damaging scores of other buildings, and sending terrified residents ...
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Students and astronauts use powerful new tool to explore Earth fom space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Imagine being able, with a click of a mouse, to see the world, in all its beauty, just like astronauts on the International Space Station do.
Boeing launches second COSMO satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2007 |
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The Boeing Co. announced the successful U.S. launch of the second of four Italian COSMO satellites.
NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
February launch for ESA's CryoSat ice mission
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Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As members of the media visit IABG’s spacecraft test centre in Germany to learn more about ESA’s CryoSat mission and view the satellite, a new target launch date of 28 February 2010 has been ...
ESA extends key missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth’s magnetosphere
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Feb 10, 2009 |
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ESA’s Science Programme Committee has extended the operations of ESA’s Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions until 31 December 2009.
GOCE satellite achieves drag-free perfection (w/Videos)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite completely ...
Soil moisture and ocean salinity satellite ready for launch
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday morning (2 November 2009) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Record-Breaking Radio Astronomy Project to Measure Sky with Extreme Precision
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers will tie together the largest collection of the world's radio telescopes ever assembled to work as a single observing tool in a project aimed at improving the precision of the ...
Leicester scientist watch mother nature breathing in
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Sep 22, 2006 |
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Earth Observation Scientists at the University of Leicester have been able to measure from space for the first time signals showing the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by plants, in a project hailed by the Natural Environment ...
Report: NASA can't keep up with killer asteroids
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Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA is charged with seeking out nearly all the asteroids that threaten Earth but doesn't have the money to do the job, a federal report says.
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