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Outage Prevention from Orbit: Why Utilities Are Turning to Satellites and Geospatial Analytics
Perrysburg OH (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Utilities and local energy distribution companies (LDCs) face ongoing challenges in managing their infrastructure. Keeping track of power lines, pipelines, energy plant emissions, and other assets is essential to prevent power outages, wildfires, broken power lines, and methane leaks. Rather than waiting for the next disaster, LDCs are using satellites to deliver high-resolution imagery for AI-powered spatial analytics, offering a bird's-eye view to detect issues before they become disasters. ... read more |
NASA, Aerospace Corporation Study Sharpens Focus on Ammonia EmissionsPasadena, CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 The pungent gas contributes to fine airborne particulate pollution, which endangers human health when inhaled and absorbed in the bloodstream. A recent study led by scientists at NASA's Jet Pr ... more
Copernicus Sentinel-6B enters operational phase as EUMETSAT takes commandBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 EUMETSAT's Mission Control Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, is now operating the Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite, marking the beginning of its mission to monitor sea level and support climate science. ... more
Farms show potential as large-scale tool for climate mitigation in QUT led researchSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A recent international study led by Queensland University of Technology presents a quantitative framework for evaluating how plant agriculture and synthetic biology might help mitigate climate chang ... more
Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder Set for Launch Following Final Testing PhaseLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. has completed environmental testing, calibration, and flight qualification for its Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) payload, which is now integrated into a Spire 16U satelli ... more |
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Brazil gears up to harness ESA's Biomass dataBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 As the COP30 climate conference gets underway in Brazil, the world's attention is once again drawn to the plight of the Amazon - the planet's largest and most vital rainforest. With the European Spa ... more
CSES satellite tracks shifting South Atlantic anomaly and impact on solar cycle twenty fiveTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 The South Atlantic anomaly represents the region of Earth's radiation belts with the highest particle concentrations and weakest geomagnetic shielding. This area poses risks to the electronics aboar ... more
SkyFi adds ICEYE radar imaging to satellite tasking platformLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 SkyFi has announced that ICEYE US synthetic aperture radar data will be integrated into its platform. This development allows SkyFi users to directly access and task ICEYE's large SAR satellite cons ... more
S&P Global finalizes deal for ORBCOMM satellite vessel tracking networkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025 S&P Global has completed the acquisition of the Automatic Identification System business from ORBCOMM. The AIS division operates a global constellation of low Earth orbit satellites, enabling real-t ... more
China increases lead in global remote sensing research as US share slipsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025 A new study from NYU Tandon School of Engineering finds China now produces nearly half of all peer-reviewed remote sensing publications, while the US accounts for just 9 percent - a reversal from si ... more |
Wits expands earth science with new observatory and CORES center
London, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2025 The University of the Witwatersrand has launched two initiatives positioning Africa centrally in global earth-science advancement. The Earth Observatory, housed at the Wits School of Geosciences, is Africa's only facility offering advanced isotopic and geophysical analysis. It supports geoanalytical applications including geometallurgy, sample preparation, automated mineralogy, and U-Pb age-determination. These capabilities allow researchers, students, and industry partners to explore Earth's deep ... read more
New Copernicus Satellite Strengthens Earth Observation ProgrammeParis, France (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite was successfully launched on November 4, 2025, at 22:02 CET from French Guiana using an Ariane 62 rocket. Sentinel-1D joins the Copernicus programme, providing e ... more |
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Reflectivity of ocean clouds drops as air pollution falls and global temperatures climbLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 A recent study by University of Washington researchers explains that Earth is absorbing more heat than it did several decades ago, due to rapidly declining cloud reflectivity over ocean regions. Glo ... more
OlmoEarth AI Platform Released to Expand Access to Planetary Data and InsightsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2025 Ai2 has introduced the OlmoEarth Platform, an open end-to-end solution designed to transform satellite and sensor data into real-time environmental insight. The platform builds on OlmoEarth, a new f ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 01, 2025 A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) by researchers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, cal ... more
AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mappingParis, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Four teams from different countries have been recognised for their breakthrough work in using artificial intelligence to detect earthquake damage from space, marking the conclusion of a global compe ... more
ABB wins Canadian climate satellite instrument contractLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2025 ABB has secured a contract with the Canadian Space Agency for Phase A conceptual development of the Thin Ice Clouds and Far InfraRed Emissions (TICFIRE) instrument. TICFIRE, which is part of the Hig ... more |
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