Automating collision avoidance
ESA is preparing to use machine learning to protect satellites from the very real and growing danger of space debris.
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2019
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News tagged with satellite systems
The digital revolution could unlock a green transformation of the global economy
Life has changed almost beyond recognition in the last few decades. Artificial intelligence (AI) has substituted entire job fields—intelligent software can now review legal documents, a job which was previously only carried ...
Economics & Business
Oct 15, 2019
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Satellite-connected tags set to boost marine conservation
Four tiger sharks have been tagged with a new device that will help conservationists to conduct detailed analysis of their migrations over years.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2019
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New space discovery sheds light on how planets form
Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of the brightest young stars known, according to a study published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Aged at approximately 45 million ...
Astronomy
Jul 25, 2019
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Artificial intelligence to monitor volcanoes
More than half of the world's active volcanoes are not monitored instrumentally. Hence, even very serious eruptions occur with no warning for nearby populations of the upcoming disaster. As a first and early step toward a ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2019
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Smoke from Canadian fires drifts into United States
Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year. A warming climate, very dry environment, and more extreme weather including severe thunderstorms has led to massive wildfires ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 9, 2019
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5 moon landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Much of the technology common in daily life today originates from the drive to put a human being on the moon. This effort reached its pinnacle when Neil Armstrong stepped off the Eagle landing module onto the lunar surface ...
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2019
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Gaia's asteroid discoveries
Animated view of more than 14 000 asteroids in our Solar System from the catalogue in the second data release of ESA's Gaia satellite, published in 2018.
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2019
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The extreme technology transforming space engineering
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. This was possible thanks to an extraordinary acceleration of space technology. Within a remarkably short period of time leading up to the event, engineers ...
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2019
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COSMIC-2 soars into orbit aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
COSMIC-2, a mission of six satellites designed to improve weather forecasts and space weather monitoring, blasted into orbit at 2:30 a.m. ET today, June 25, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Space Exploration
Jun 26, 2019
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