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Spire wins NOAA pair of satellite weather data contracts totaling 13.7 million
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 Spire Global has secured two NOAA orders that together total $13.7 million, extending the company's role in supplying satellite-derived weather intelligence for U.S. government forecasting and research. The larger award is an $11,190,900 task order for one year, running from Sep 18, 2025 through Sep 18, 2026, to deliver GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) profiles of pressure, humidity, and temperature worldwide for near-real-time assimilation. NOAA, working alongside NASA, the U.S. Air Force, ... read more |
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Earth wobble measured with unmatched precision by ring laserBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 The Technical University of Munich has achieved a breakthrough in monitoring the Earth's axis, recording its subtle wobbles with a precision unmatched by previous instruments. Results of a 250-day e ... more 
Second Meteosat Third Generation Imager completes thermal testing ahead of Ariane 2 launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager, MTG-I2, has cleared a key milestone in its preparation for launch after completing thermal vacuum testing at Thales Alenia Space's cleanroom facilities i ... more 
Hidden chemistry of Earth core revealed through freezing processLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 A new study by researchers from Oxford, Leeds, and University College London has uncovered fresh insights into Earth's core chemistry by showing how crystallisation became possible millions of years ... more 
AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYEBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 SATIM and ICEYE have jointly introduced Detect and Classify, a product designed to automate analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imagery. The system identifies vessels, aircraft, and ... more |
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NASA Scientists Map Plant Productivity with Data from Ocean SatelliteWashington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 NASA scientists have developed a new set of tools to monitor plant growth under various conditions throughout the growing season. The hope is that land managers could use these tools to detect sudde ... more 
Scientists track lightning "pollution" in real time using NASA satelliteCollege Park MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you pr ... more 
NISAR clears on orbit checks and readies for science data flowLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 After its July 30 launch, the NASA-ISRO NISAR radar mission cleared preliminary health checks and on Aug 15 unfurled its 39-foot 12-meter reflector, then powered up both L-band and S-band SARs. Orbi ... more 
Sci-fi skies: 'Haboob' plunges Phoenix into darknessWashington (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 A massive wall of dust swept through Phoenix, plunging the southwest US city into near-total darkness, grounding flights, forcing motorists off the road and cutting power to thousands. The g ... more 
Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel 2 Expands Global Earth Monitoring CapabilitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 A collaboration between NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the European Space Agency (ESA) has transformed land monitoring by integrating Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite data into a unifi ... more |
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First atmospheric data collected by Japans new GOSAT GW satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), together with the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOE) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has confirmed successful initial observations from the newly launched Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle, also known as IBUKI GW (GOSAT-GW). The satellite, launched on June 29, 2025, is the third in Japan's dedicated greenhouse gas monitoring program. Its onboard sensor, the Total Anthropogenic and Natu ... read more 
Ozone recovery will accelerate global warming say scientistsLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 The world is set to heat up more than expected because of future changes in ozone, which shields Earth from ultraviolet radiation but also acts as a greenhouse gas. Although international bans ... more |
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Indian Private Space Consortium to Build First National Earth Observation Satellite NetworkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 In a milestone for India's space sector, a private consortium will design, deploy, and operate the nation's first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS). The planned 12-satellite network will be ... more
ICEYE introduces Scan Wide mode to enhance SAR satellite imaging capacityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 ICEYE has launched its latest Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging mode, Scan Wide, delivering the largest scene coverage in its portfolio. With this mode, users can capture up to 60,000 km in a s ... more 
Rare gigantic jet captured from ISS by NASA astronautLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare gigantic jet on July 3, 2025, while aboard the International Space Station. Initially thought to be a sprite, analysis confirmed it was an even rarer ... more
Sunlight powered flyers unlock access to the mesosphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 A team from Harvard SEAS, the University of Chicago, and collaborators reports a sunlight powered way to sample the hard to reach mesosphere, 50 to 100 kilometers above Earth. Their Nature study dem ... more 
Do you want to freeze a cloud? Desert dust might helpZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 A new study shows that natural dust particles, swirling in from faraway deserts can trigger freezing of clouds in Earth's Northern Hemisphere. This subtle mechanism influences how much sunlight clou ... more |
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