Airbus has been awarded a 160 million euros contract for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FORUM satellite to measure heat emitted from the Earth into space. FORUM (Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring) will be the first satellite to observe Earth in the far-infrared part of the spectrum, providing unique measurements of the Earth’s outgoing […]
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Collaboration between Satellite Vu + Landmark will provide climate change data to the UK land + property market sectors
Satellite Vu has partnered with Landmark Information Group to provide vital climate data to the real estate market. Satellite Vu will provide data from their thermal, infrared satellites to Landmark, a leading provider of data to the UK land and property sector, to distribute to businesses as part of the global push toward Net Zero […]
Terran Orbital Integrates Fleet Space, GeoOptics, And NASA Satellites Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Prior to Transporter-5 Launch
Terran Orbital designs, builds, and integrates satellite solutions that help solve some of the world’s most complex problems…” Terran Orbital Corporation, a global provider of satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, announced the successful integration of six Terran Orbital designed and built satellites aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prior […]
ScanWorld and SPACEBEL’s Merge With ConstellR Will Optimize Sustainable Farming Worldwide
Thermal infrared imagery enables measurement of water-related features such as the evapotranspiration of plants, impact of drought providing smart crop monitoring. ScanWorld (Belgium), a SPACEBEL hyperspectral imagery initiative specializing in Earth observation AgriTech applications, has merged with ConstellR (Germany), a pioneer in the use of thermal infrared monitoring services for agricultural benefits. ConstellR has acquired ScanWorld and will […]
An Advanced Int’l Weather Study Will Be Lead By L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been awarded a contract by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) for an advanced study which will significantly improve the accuracy and timing of Japan’s weather forecasting. L3Harris will lead the geostationary hyperspectral infrared (IR) sounder study for the JMA’s future enterprise. The six-month design study began last month and allows L3Harris […]
Baby Stars in the Orion Constellation
Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174, as seen by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Some of the clouds in the region resemble the face of a monkey in visible-light images, hence the nebula’s nickname: the “Monkey Head.” However, in infrared images such as […]
Teledyne Technologies’ Infrared Detectors Aboard The James Webb Space Telescope
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) provided 15, extremely sensitive, H2RG infrared detectors that are used in three of the four science instruments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec). Ten Teledyne detectors in NIRCam will study the structure and morphology of the universe. […]
L3Harris Technologies Selected By NASA To Improve U.S. Weather Forecasting
NASA has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) to conduct a second advanced study to significantly improve the accuracy and timeliness of U.S. weather forecasting. The weather prediction modeling study, slated to begin this month, will allow L3Harris to test and evaluate an advanced concept for satellite weather sensors – called ‘sounders’ – that measure temperature and […]