News of the week
Searching for underground energy sources from space27 July 2015Data from ESA's GOCE gravity satellite are being used to improve models of Earth's geology, indicating the potential locations of subsurface energy sources.
Image of the week
An EPIC new view of EarthThis image of the Earth was the first to be acquired by the DSCOVR satellite on 6 July 2015. It shows the entire sunlit side of Earth as imaged by the EPIC instrument aboard DSCOVR.
Earth Observation Missions
On 26 July at 11:30 CEST, EUMETSAT took control of Europe's last Meteosat Second Generation weather satellite, MSG-4.
Research and Applications
Conservation scientists need to collaborate with space agencies, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), to identify measures which help track biodiversity declines around the world. Scientists, led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), UK, and University of Twente, Netherlands, are calling for urgent cooperation, according to a comment published in Nature.
Policy & Legislation
The UK Space Agency and the South African Space Agency (SANSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them increase collaboration and review areas of common interest in their space programmes.
Did you know?
DMSP satellite's break-up linked to battery failure24 July 2015Investigators have traced the cause of an in-space disintegration of a U.S. Air Force weather satellite in February to a battery fault and identified six other spacecraft in orbit prone to the same failure.
Events
AGU Fall Meeting 201514 - 18 December 2015Organisation: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Location: San Francisco, California, United States of America Conference Overview: The AGU Fall Meeting is the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences, attracting more than 24,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and other leaders. For 46 years, energised and passionate Earth and space scientists from around the world gather at the AGU Fall Meeting to connect with colleagues, broaden their knowledge base, and embrace the joy of science. |
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EO Missions Database
Visit the eoPortal database to find out about spaceborne EO missions and sensors to discover more about past, operational and future missions. This is complemented with detailed articles of airborne sensors. This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 600 missions in detail. Online updated version of "Earth Observation History of Technical Introduction" available as of January 02, 2017. |
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