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Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributorMoscow (RIA Novosti) May 15, 2012 A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex works under license from the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, to collect, process and disseminate Earth remote sensing data. A 2008 ban prohibited ScanEx from distributing high-resolution images, considered by the defense ministry to contain sensitive military information. ScanEx appealed ... read more |
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 GeoEye Proposes Acquisition Of DigitalGlobe GeoEye, Inc. said Friday that it is proposing to acquire DigitalGlobe, Inc. The combined company would create the world's largest fleet of high resolution commercial imagery satellites. The new comp ... more | .. |
 Report warns of rapid decline in US Earth observation capabilities A new National Research Council report says that budget shortfalls, cost-estimate growth, launch failures, and changes in mission design and scope have left U.S. earth observation systems in a more ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Key Integration Milestone on GeoEye-2 Lockheed Martin has successfully mated the spacecraft bus and the imaging payload for GeoEye's (NASDAQ: GEOY) next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2. Lockheed Martin S ... more | .. |
 NASA Image Gallery Highlights Earth's Changing Face In celebration of this year's Earth Day on April 22, NASA's Global Climate Change website has unveiled a new version of its popular image gallery, "State of Flux." The gallery presents stunnin ... more |
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 Risat-1 catapults India into a select group of nations On an early on Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh, some 80 km from Chennai. W ... more | .. |
 NASA's Landsat Satellites See Texas Crop Circles A water-rich polka dot pattern takes over the traditional rectangular patchwork of fields in this time series animation of 40 years of Landsat images. In the dry Texas panhandle near the town of Dal ... more | .. |
 Latest CryoSat result revealed After nearly a year and a half of operations, CryoSat has yielded its first seasonal variation map of Arctic sea-ice thickness. Results from ESA's ice mission were presented at the Royal Society in ... more |
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 Google blasts FCC handling of 'Street View' probe Google on Thursday blamed Federal Communications Commission for dragging out an investigation into Google's "Street View" online mapping service gathering data from private wireless hotspots. ... more | .. |
 CarbonSat - On the trail of greenhouse gases Astrium, Europe's leading space company, will be pushing ahead with the preparation of CarbonSat, a new climate satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA), over the next 22 months. In early April ... more | .. |
 DigitalGlobe Unveils New Details of WorldView-3 Satellite DigitalGlobe has unveiled unique capabilities of its WorldView-3 satellite, slated for launch in mid-2014. The announcement was made at the 28th Annual National Space Symposium, the premier gatherin ... more | .. |
 Boeing Releases DataMaster 5.1 Geospatial Data Management Tool Boeing has announced the release of DataMaster 5.1, an advanced version of its geospatial data tool that offers defense and Intelligence Community customers improved map, terrain and full-motion vid ... more |
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 Investigation on Envisat continues Optical, radar and laser observations of the Envisat satellite show that it is still in a stable orbit. Efforts to regain contact with the satellite have been under way since 8 April, when it unexpe ... more | .. |
Lockheed Martin Completes Key Milestone on GeoEye's New Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellite The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye's next-generation Earth-imaging satellite successfully initiated power-on testing for the GeoEye-2 spacecraft bus. This program milestone continues the tea ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellite Movie Shows Great Plains Tornado Outbreak from Space Satellite data gives forecasters a leg up on severe weather. NASA has just released an animation of visible and infrared satellite data showing the development and movement of the Great Plains torna ... more | .. |
 FCC drops Google 'Street View' investigation US government telecom regulators have ended an investigation into Google's "Street View" online mapping service gathering data from private wireless hotspots. ... more |
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 Berkeley Lab scientists generate electricity from viruses You can't play nano-billiards on a bumpy table Catching the Wave of Alternative Energy S. Korea nuclear contractor jailed for parts scam Japan to pay $4.4 bn for Australian gas field stake Total eyes more projects in booming Australia China, Japan hold sea talks on island row A Push From the Mississippi Kept Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Off Shore, Penn Research Shows Motech Americas Exclusive Supplier of Standard PV Solar Modules Upward trend in energy costs encourages consumers to invest in renewable energy US DoI Approves Ocotillo Express Wind Project Solar Polysilicon Pricing Plunges as Buyers Flock to the Spot Market Carmanah Launches EG145 Solar Streetlight Demand for commercial solar projects soars as planning restrictions are lifted | .. |
 Envisat services interrupted After 10 years of service, Envisat has stopped sending data to Earth. ESA's mission control is working to re-establish contact with the satellite. Although this landmark mission has been in orbit tw ... more | .. |
ITT Exelis delivers imaging system for next-generation, high-resolution GeoEye-2 satellite ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems has delivered GeoEye's next-generation commercial imaging system for the GeoEye-2 satellite to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. When operation ... more | .. |
 Biggest environment satellite goes silent The European Space Agency said Thursday it had lost contact with Envisat, the biggest Earth-monitoring satellite in history. ... more | .. |
 NASA Views Our Perpetual Ocean The swirling flows of tens of thousands of ocean currents were captured in this scientific visualization created by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "There is also a 20-minute lo ... more |
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 NASA Sees New Salt in an Ancient Sea The expansion of massive salt evaporation projects on the Dead Sea are clearly visible in this time series of images taken by Landsat satellites operated by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. ... more | .. |
 ONR Grant Expands Research of Typhoons, Monsoons, Internal Waves in Asia-Pacific The University of Miami (UM) announced that it has received a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to expand its use of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) in the Asia-Pacific Region. The new $1. ... more | .. |
 China makes public satellite data products The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Friday gave the public access to data products of the oceanic surveying satellite Haiyang-2, which monitors maritime environment and extreme weather. ... more | .. |
 Key ice shelf in Antarctica has shrunk by 85 percent A vast ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula, a hotspot for global warming, has shrunk by 85 percent in 17 years, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. ... more |
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