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NASA Nasa Satellite Captures Image Of Cyclone Nargis Flooding In Myanmar
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2008
The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Myanmar (Burma). According to reports, Cyclone Nargis made landfall with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, which is the equivalent of a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 hurricane. However news reports now indicate that over 100,000 people may have been killed, with tens of thousands more missing as the full scale of disaster become apparent. ... read more

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  • Cartosat 2a Puts The World In High Resolution For Indian Government
    Delhi, India (SPX) May 07, 2008
    High quality imageries acquired from Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) were presented to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Delhi by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO along with a team of senior scientists. It may be recalled that Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 were successfully launched by PSLV-C9 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota on April 28, 2008. ... more

    Ball Aerospace Wins NASA Earth Sensing Contracts
    Boulder CO (SPX) May 07, 2008
    Ball Aerospace and Technologies has been awarded two NASA contracts that support the agency's Science Mission Directorate 2007 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) in developing Earth science instrument subsystem technologies. Ball will also participate in a third contract as co-investigators on a study led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Ball Aerospace technical manager and systems ... more

    Weather Underground Launches Best Weather Map Available On The Internet
    San Francisco CA (SPX) May 06, 2008
    Weather Underground has announced the availability of its new interactive weather map. Sharing its namesake with the website, the WunderMap is an interactive visual display of weather information that is plotted and overlaid on a map interface. Users can choose from a variety of weather layers, including animated radar, current conditions, severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings, live web ... more

    Subsystems Of Cartosat-2A, IMS-1 Functioning Satisfactorily
    Bangalore, India (PTI) May 02, 2008
    The subsystems of Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) are functioning satisfactorily, telemetry data received from the satellites has revealed. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) launched the two satellites along with eight nanosatellites successfully on Monday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. On Tuesday, the multi-spectral camera onboard ... more

    RADARSAT-2 Commissioned And Ready For Commercial Operation
    Richmond, Canada (SPX) May 02, 2008
    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced that RADARSAT-2 completed its commissioning on April 25, 2008 and fully transitioned into commercial operations to deliver advanced radar images of the Earth. Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 14, 2007, RADARSAT-2 delivered its first sample high-resolution radar images on December 18, 2007. MDA President and CEO Daniel Friedman ... more

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  • Entekhabi Will Lead Science Team For NASA Satellite Mission To Map Earth's Water Cycle

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    NASA Web Tool Enhances Airborne Earth Science Mission
    Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2008
    What if you were embarking on a road trip and you had an on-board tool, complete with video screen, that let you view your projected route, real-time traffic information and current weather, at any time during the journey? Not only that, but friends and family anywhere else in the world could follow your progress on a home computer. Sound good? NASA scientists flying over the Arctic this ... more

    Successful Cooperation Extends Dragon Programme
    Beijing, China (ESA) Apr 28, 2008
    Following the success of the Dragon Programme, more than 300 leading European and Chinese scientists have gathered from 21 to 25 April 2008 in Beijing in the People's Republic of China to present their results and to kick off the programme's second phase, Dragon 2. The Dragon Programme is a joint undertaking between ESA and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China designed to ... more

    NASA Satellites Aid In Chesapeake Bay Recovery
    Woods Hole MA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    From the distant reaches of the universe, to black holes and Saturn's rings, NASA explores some of the most far-out parts of space. But NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science satellites are taking part in the management and recovery of an ecosystem right in our own backyard, the Chesapeake Bay. By studying the landscape around the Chesapeake, NASA spacecra ... more

    India to blast satellite into space
    Bangalore, India (AFP) April 24, 2008
    An Indian rocket will next week launch an advanced remote-sensing satellite that will help plan and implement urban and rural development projects, the space agency said Thursday. Cartosat-2A, an all-weather, reconnaissance satellite, will be lifted into space on Monday morning from the Sriharikota space centre in southern India, the Indian Space Research Organisation said. "The launch ... more

    NASA selects Landsat spacecraft contractor
    Washington, April 23, 2008
    The U.S. space agency says it's selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc. to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft. The $116 million National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract makes the company responsible for the design and fabrication of the LDCM spacecraft, integration of government furnished instruments, satellite-level testing, on-orbit ... more

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  • Mars Technology On Board A Balloon To Study The Earth's Atmosphere

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  • Northrop Grumman Submits Proposal For GOES-R To NASA

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  • General Dynamics AIS Completes Testing For GeoEye's Next-Gen Earth Imaging Satellite
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    Project Explores Using NASA Earth Science Data For Enhanced Utility Load Forecasting
    Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 10, 2008
    NASA and Battelle plan to save consumers money on their electric and gas bills. Using high-tech data made available from Americas space agency, Battelle will help utility companies better predict when energy supplies will be needed. Battelle recently won a three-year, $640,000 contract from NASA that focuses on applying high-resolution, weather-related Earth science data to key systems used by ... more

    Harris Ground System For GOES-R Weather Satellite On Display
    Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 10, 2008
    Harris has completed and successfully demonstrated a prototype of a total, end-to-end solution for the ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - Series R (GOES-R) program. Harris demonstrated the prototype earlier this year during the American Meteorological Society Conference in New Orleans, and this ... more

    India to launch remote sensing satellite this month
    Bangalore, India (AFP) April 4, 2008
    India will later this month launch a remote sensing satellite equipped with high-resolution cameras and advanced scientific instruments, space agency officials said here Friday. Cartosat-2A, as the all-weather, reconnaissance satellite is called, will be used to plan urban and rural development projects. It can also be used for intelligence gathering, the officials said. "The tentative ... more

    Boeing Submits GOES R Proposal To NASA
    St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 01, 2008
    Boeing said that it has submitted a proposal to NASA for the production of two next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, known as the GOES R series, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Boeing's proposal for GOES R is backed by 40 years of experience in building and delivering weather satellites for NASA and NOAA, coupled with a ... more

    Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms
    Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008
    Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra. That was the case in October 2003 on Canada's Banks Island, at the edge of the Beaufort Sea inside the Arctic Circle. Rain fell for several days on top of a 6-inch snow ... more

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