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Thales Begins Development Of Sentinel 1B And 3B Environmental Satellites Rome, Italy (SPX) Mar 15, 2010 
Thales Alenia Space has started the development of Sentinel 1B and 3B Earth observation satellites in its Italian and French facilities. These contracts have been awarded to Thales Alenia Space in December 2009, worth 270 million euros, by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme.
As prime contractor for Sentinel 1 and S ... read moreSignature Secures Future Sentinels For GMES 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 15, 2010Marking another significant step in the GMES initiative, ESA and Thales Alenia Space recently signed a contract worth euros 270 million to build the second Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 satellites. Led by the European Commission in partnership with ESA, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme will provide a unique tool to monitor the environment. This initiative wi ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Build GeoEye-2
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2. Financial terms are not being disclosed at this time. Lockheed Martin has begun start-up activities and procurement of long-lead components to support the earliest possible launch date for GeoEye-2. This effort wil ... more Fuel To The Fire 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2010What's adding fuel to the fire of climate change? Well, fire. Some stunning images recently taken by NASA's Aqua satellite show one of the Earth's latest firestorms - this one at the Dundes Nature Reserve in Western Australia. Nearly 200,000 acres have gone up in flames as of February 18. That's a lot of carbon added to the atmosphere. The red outlines are the active fires, and the smoky c ... more GOES Satellite Sends First Signals From Space 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2010Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the third Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite, GOES-P, is healthy and ready to begin thruster firings to move to its on-orbit test location. GOES-P is a Boeing 601 satellite that will provide enhanced Earth-observation and ... more China Launches New Remote-Sensing Satellite 
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Mar 08, 2010China has successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan IX" at 12:55 p.m.(Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, according to a statement from the center Friday. The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket and would be used to conduct scientific experiment, carry out surveys on land resource ... more |
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Local Built Satellite Jugnu Ready To Ship To ISRO
Kanpur (PTI) Feb 26, 2010A satellite developed by IIT Kanpur 'Jugnu' that will provide information on natural calamities will be handed over to scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on March six by Indian President Pratibha Patil. After testing it, ISRO will launch the satellite from Sriharikota, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kasalkar told PTI. The satellite will help in gathering prior infor ... more ICESat's Notable Moments In Science 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 25, 2010Over the last decade, NASA has launched a series of satellites to monitor the health of our planet. One such satellite - the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) - has provided a sustained, big-picture look at ice thickness at Earth's polar regions. Now, after seven years in orbit and 15 laser-operation campaigns, ICESat has stopped collecting science data. The last of three la ... more GOES Mission Overview 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 25, 2010The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P represents a continuation of the newest generation of environmental satellites built by Boeing for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the technical guidance and project management of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. GOES satellites provide the familiar weather pictures seen on Uni ... more Temperature Trackers Watch Our Watery World 
Washington DC (JPL) Feb 24, 2010Climatologists have long known that human-produced greenhouse gases have been the dominant drivers of Earth's observed warming since the start of the Industrial Revolution. But other factors also affect our planet's temperature. Of these, the ocean plays a dominant role. Its effects helped nudge global temperatures slightly higher in 2009, and, according to NASA scientists, could well cont ... more |
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