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 […]
Weather
Thales Alenia Space Satellites Are Honored At Prix Bulles Cardin Awards For Surveying The Planet’s Changing Climate
Some unexpected encounters, such as that between Pierre Cardin and Thales Alenia Space, open up new avenues for raising public awareness of the urgent need to develop a profitable and virtuous ecology. The key role of satellites in surveying Earth and the impacts of climate change on its environment was in the spotlight recently at […]
AAC Clyde Space’s Follow-On Order For Europe’s New Weather Satellites, MetOp-SG
The MWIs will provide cloud and precipitation products and all-weather surface imagery to support numerical weather predictions at regional and global scales. Omnisys, AAC Clyde Space’s new subsidiary, secured an EUR 0.47 M (approx. SEK 4.9 M) order to deliver strategic spare parts to Airbus Defence and Space for Europe’s next generation of meteorological satellites, […]
NOAA Is Predicting A Below-Normal 2022 Central Pacific Hurricane Season
There is a 60% chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity during the Central Pacific hurricane season this year, according to NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, divisions of the National Weather Service — the outlook also indicates a 30% chance for near-normal activity and only a 10% chance of an above-normal […]
L3Harris High-Resolution Weather Imager Captures First Image From Space
The L3Harris Technologies-built (NYSE:LHX) high-resolution Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) onboard NOAA’s newest weather satellite captured its first image since launching into space two months ago – a significant milestone prior to reaching full operational status. The GOES-18 full disk GeoColor image (see above) was captured on May 5, 2022. This type of imagery combines data […]
Tomorrow.io Reveals Plans For The 1st Commercial Multi-Sensor Weather Satellite Constellation
The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”) has revealed their plans to introduce microwave sounders as an additional sensor to the firm’s planned satellite constellation. The addition of microwave sounders to the company’s constellation of radar-equipped weather satellites would create the first commercial multi-sensor, weather satellite system owned and operated by a private company. The combined sensing […]
Spire Global’s New ‘Weather Insights’ Helps The Maritime Industry With Smooth Sailing
Spire collects global weather data through its fully-deployed constellation of over 100 satellites, reaching remote areas such as the open oceans that have traditionally been difficult to observe. Spire Global, Inc , provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced the addition of Weather Insights and Weather by Route solutions to its portfolio. These solutions […]
GomSpace Signs On To Deliver Mission Control System To KSAT For ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite Mission
GomSpace has signed a contract to develop, deliver and support the Mission Control System that KSAT will use to operate the Arctic Weather Satellite mission. The contract value is 10 MSEK and the majority of work will be done this year and next year. The Arctic Weather Satellite is a project funded by the European […]
Capella Space’s New Data Products Automate SAR Imagery Analysis Via Its Image-Tasking Console
The introduction of analytics tools in the Capella Console, in combination with the flexibility of our satellite constellation, delivers an entirely new experience for customers to tap into insights from space with the quality, reliability, and timeliness they need to meet their mission and business objectives.” Capella Space, provider of information services and Earth observation […]
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 […]