Engineers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have patented a flash memory storage system that allows satellites to collect and store vast amounts of data for later transmission to ground stations.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2018
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Russian specialists on Friday said they have restored communication with Angosat-1, the first national satellite it launched for Angola, days after they lost contact with it.
Space Exploration
Dec 29, 2017
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This year's Atlantic hurricane season has been a harsh reminder of the grief and devastation brought by these vast storms. Imaging the top of hurricanes from space is nothing new, but the Sentinel-1 satellites can see right ...
Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2017
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Scientists working close to the line of wildfires are obtaining a new understanding of the fires' smoke plumes. The results are providing real-time information, such as vertical wind profiles, to firefighters battling blazes.
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2017
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What do power networks, transportation hubs, weather patterns, commercial organisations and swarming robots have in common?
Computer Sciences
Mar 10, 2017
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Satellites are essential to modern life. So essential, in fact, that plans have been drawn up on how to cope with a situation in which we could no longer rely on them. A UK government document entitled the Space Weather Preparedness ...
Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2015
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When extreme weather comes our way, realtime information from space can help us to decide if closing a bridge is the right thing to do.
Engineering
May 18, 2015
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It's well known that severe space weather events – which are quite rare – can have a negative impact on our use of Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled devices. But our research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 4, 2014
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(AP)—Federal forecasters don't expect a return of frequent cold blasts from the polar vortex this winter. Nor should the weather system that blocked rain from California last winter come back.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2014
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A*STAR researchers have developed an anticipatory alarm system based on dynamic models of industrial processes using concepts similar to extreme weather forecasting.
Engineering
Aug 27, 2014
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