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(Phys.org) —An engineering graduate from UNSW who helped develop crucial hardware for a new satellite system has won a scholarship to attend the prestigious NASA Academy. http://phys.org/news289721880.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:18:07 EST news289721880 Launched on 5 July, Meteosat-10 is the latest satellite in the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) series, which provides the operational weather and climate monitoring service over Europe and Africa. http://phys.org/news278056754.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:59:19 EST news278056754 The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft recently cleared its final major design review, demonstrating that spacecraft development is on track to provide critical environmental data when launched no later than the first quarter of calendar year 2017. http://phys.org/news277572729.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:32:17 EST news277572729 China has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system. http://phys.org/news275890565.html Space & Earth Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:16:12 EST news275890565 Among the oddities of the outer solar system are the middle-sized moons of Saturn, a half-dozen icy bodies dwarfed by Saturn's massive moon Titan. According to a new model for the origin of the Saturn system, these middle-sized moons were spawned during giant impacts in which several major satellites merged to form Titan. http://phys.org/news269704182.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:00:15 EST news269704182 (Phys.org)—Four of the instruments on the Metop-B weather satellite (AMSU-A, ASCAT, MHS, GRAS) have been activated this week and are delivering data.   This demonstrates that Metop-B, launched on 17 September, is performing well and is on its way towards replacing the ageing Metop-A as prime operational satellite in polar orbit, after the six-month commissioning phase. The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) are innovative European instruments. ASCAT delivers information on near-surface wind speed and direction over the global oceans and soil moisture over land, while the MHS delivers information on atmospheric humidity in all weather conditions. http://phys.org/news268301239.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:07:28 EST news268301239 Wi-Fi is coming to our cars. Ford Motor Co. has been equipping cars with Wi-Fi transmitters since 2010; according to an Agence France-Presse story last year, the company expects that by 2015, 80 percent of the cars it sells in North America will have Wi-Fi built in. The same article cites a host of other manufacturers worldwide that either offer Wi-Fi in some high-end vehicles or belong to standards organizations that are trying to develop recommendations for automotive Wi-Fi. http://phys.org/news260711868.html Technology Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:58:18 EST news260711868 NASA has selected a team including Southwest Research Institute to develop the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), which will provide better prediction capabilities for extreme weather events, particularly the intensification of hurricanes. http://phys.org/news259504717.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:38:58 EST news259504717 An international team of researchers in Colombia, the UK, USA and Switzerland have developed the first ever system to monitor deforestation across Latin America in near real-time using satellite data. Preliminary results from the new system reveal that in parts of Colombia, deforestation has increased by 340 per cent since 2004; and over a million hectares of forest have been lost in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay. http://phys.org/news259323192.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:13:56 EST news259323192 NASA has selected an ocean wind study proposal led by the University of Michigan from among 19 submitted to the agency's Announcement of Opportunity for small spaceflight investigations of the Earth system. The proposed mission will make accurate measurements of ocean surface winds throughout the life cycle of tropical storms and hurricanes, which could help lead to better weather forecasting. http://phys.org/news259307598.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:55:09 EST news259307598 Czech Republic politicians have approved the transfer to Prague of the EU agency in charge of Europe's Galileo geopositioning system, lawmakers said Thursday. http://phys.org/news255261303.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:05 EST news255261303 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin who is recognized widely as "the father of satellite meteorology." The announcement was made Jan. 24 at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans. http://phys.org/news246723410.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:16:58 EST news246723410 Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased by 15 percent during the past 12 months, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said. http://phys.org/news232857931.html Space & Earth Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:20:01 EST news232857931 (AP) -- A small piece of cloth stuck in a fuel line may be the reason a military communications satellite hasn't reached its planned orbit since it was launched in August, government auditors said Thursday. http://phys.org/news230525108.html Space & Earth Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:45:18 EST news230525108 The costly launch failure that caused Russia to delay the deployment of its own satellite system was the result of a fuel miscalculation, a commission charged with probing the accident said Friday. http://phys.org/news211802424.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:10:02 EST news211802424 Japan is developing a low-cost surveillance satellite to aid disaster relief and other purposes as it looks to expand its reach into emerging markets, government and corporate officials said Friday. http://phys.org/news209366033.html Space & Earth Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:10:05 EST news209366033 (AP) -- A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite for civilian and military use has launched from California's Central Coast. http://phys.org/news208230890.html Space & Earth Sat, 06 Nov 2010 03:10:01 EST news208230890 European satellite operator Eutelsat said Friday it had lost its W3B television satellite the day after it was launched by an Ariane rocket because of an "anomaly". http://phys.org/news207561198.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:53:32 EST news207561198 (PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors, where satnav signals fail to reach. But one ESA project is changing that. http://phys.org/news186225425.html Technology Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:17:51 EST news186225425 (PhysOrg.com) -- Since the launch of the first Meteosat in 1977, 33 years of imagery combined with increasing computer power have given meteorologists the tools to improve weather forecasting, with direct benefits for us. http://phys.org/news186132728.html Space & Earth Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:00:03 EST news186132728 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new system is using satellite navigation data to help car drivers develop smart, smooth and safe driving techniques that can help save an average of 15-25% in fuel, as well as contribute to environmental protection. http://phys.org/news154017042.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:31:09 EST news154017042