The nation's newest weather satellite, launched less than three months ago, has a serious cooling problem that could affect the quality of its pictures.
Space Exploration
May 23, 2018
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A new company from ESA's UK business incubator has developed an autonomous boat that is propelled by the waves and carries ocean sensors powered by solar energy.
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2018
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Inside a large, black-walled facility outside Denver, NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division (SSPD) team successfully completed the latest testing of three rendezvous and proximity operations sensors used for satellite ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2017
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This satellite image was captured over southeastern Algeria in the heart of the Sahara desert.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2014
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Scientists and engineers at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have developed the lightest satellite cryocooler, (cooling system) ever built. The breakthrough is seen as a game-changer in the design of affordable, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2013
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Ready for launch tomorrow, Alphasat – Europe's largest telecommunications satellite – will serve as a testbed for advanced space technologies at the same time as it works on its day job as part of the Inmarsat satellite ...
Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2013
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Cameras fitted with a new revolutionary sensor will soon be able to take clear and sharp photos in dim conditions, thanks to a new image sensor invented at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Nanophysics
May 30, 2013
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Building and launching the Landsat Data Continuity Mission required teams of people across the United States. It is appropriate, then, that the satellite's early images include these views of the places that most contributed ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Seismologists from Columbia University in New York have developed a way to detect landslides using a combination of seismic data and data collected from satellite images. The technique can be used, the team ...
Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. This week, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) released its first images of Earth, collected at 1:40 p.m. EDT on March 18. The first image shows the meeting ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2013
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