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Small Satellites Next Big Thing in Space Technology Tue May 10 2011Devices Being Increasingly Used for Earth Observation and Imagery The space technology and broadcast market is currently undergoing a major transformation as small satellites take on most of the capacity and functions of larger ones, including earth observation and imaging, a space technology forum heard in the capital yesterday. Panellists at the Global Space and Satellite Forum (GSSF)...
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NASA Satellite Observes Damage Path of April Tornadoes in Alabama Mon May 9 2011Recent images of the April 27 storm damage path have been captured by NASA's Terra satellite, part of NASA's Earth Observing Satellite system, or EOS. An instrument aboard Terra, called Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer or ASTER, captured the images show the scars from the outbreak. ASTER combines infrared, red, and green wavelengths of light to make false-color...
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Early warning systems offer best hope for disaster prevention Mon May 9 2011The earthquake and tsunami that struck the north-eastern coast of Japan on 11 March, was a tragedy for the thousands of people who lost their lives and livelihoods. From the photos and videos documenting the devastation, it would have been difficult to imagine a worse outcome. Yet, just after the disaster, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) said...
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UAE space sector provides a new common ground Mon May 9 2011Speaking during the first panel session of the Global Space and Satellite Forum 2011 (GSSF), Ahmed Al Mansoori, Director General, Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, today emphasised the impact of satellite technology across urban planning, disaster management and education. The region's leading event for organisations involved in commercial or military space operations,...
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Germany takes the lead on European data relay system Fri May 6 2011The contract signed between OHB System AG and Astrium Services is worth 7.4 million euros, or $10.7 million. The agreement gives OHB System authority to proceed with designing a satellite to fly in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.The European Data Relay Satellite system will feature at least one dedicated spacecraft and a piggyback communications package to fly on a...
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Satellite communication, a failsafe option for disaster management and emergency response Thu May 5 2011It is widely acknowledged that during natural disasters, satellite technology plays a crucial role in re-establishing communication links, for both disaster victims and those involved in emergency response efforts. During GSSF, a three-day event being held at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi on 9-11 May, leading experts will discuss how satellite communications play an important role in disaster relief,...
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ESA and the World Bank Join Forces Thu May 5 20114 May 2011 Recognising the value of using Earth observation satellite data to support development activities, ESA and the World Bank will work together on several projects through the 'eoworld' joint initiative. ESA and the World Bank first started collaborating two years ago when ESA carried out small-scale pilot projects that demonstrated the potential of Earth observation for the Bank’s...
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Victoria Floods $19.3m into Warning Systems Wed May 4 2011Water minister Peter Walsh said the $12.1 million Floodzoom tool will be built to improve communications to communities that are situated in areas that flood. “It will give emergency services a more accurate prediction of flood behaviour and help individual land holders assess their own flood risk,” the minister said. Floodzoom will be built to use weather forecast models, satellite...
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Tornado Tracks Seen from Space Tue May 3 2011Tornado tracks from last week's powerful oubreak of events in the southern USA are visible in data from NASA's Aqua satellite and the Landsat satellite. A pale green swath in the above Landsat image from 28th April 2011 reveals the path of a tornado outside Griffin, Georgia, across lightly populated farmland. Bright coloured spots are buildings, some close to the path of the storm. The town of...
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India’s latest satellite starts beaming pictures Mon May 2 2011Chennai, April 28 (IANS) India’s latest advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 launched last week beamed its first set of pictures Thursday. In a statement, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the three cameras of Resourcesat-2 were switched on and high quality images were received by the National Remote Sensing Centre’s Earth Station near Hyderabad in Andhra...
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TeraGrid: Paying it forward in the wake of disaster Mon May 2 2011While reports vary, some estimate the total cost of Japan's March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami at 25 trillion yen, or 330 billion U.S. dollars, making it the most costly natural disaster on record. This is more than three times the size of the second most expensive natural disaster, also an earthquake, and also in Japan in 1995. More than 26,000 are dead or missing and an estimated 400,000 are...
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Earth Knowledge Portal Launched Thu Apr 28 2011Earth Knowledge, a well-known information technology firm, has recently released their "Earth Knowledge Portal", an impressive collection of data that is tied together using the Google Earth Plug-in. While the site has a variety of different features, the best one is likely their virtual globe. From there, you can view a massive variety of information, including Google Earth Tours,...
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Chinese satellite seeks to predict earthquakes Wed Apr 27 2011China will start building a test satellite later this month (April) to detect electromagnetic anomalies in the atmosphere, as part of the country's proposed earthquake monitoring network, and hopes to launch it in 2014. The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) has been in development since 2003 and is the first spaced-based component of the network. Its data will be correlated with data...
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Himachal Pradesh: Need to Implement Disaster Management Plan Stressed Tue Apr 26 2011Shimla: Smt Sarojini Ganju Thakur, Additional Chief Secretary (Environment, Science & Technology) said that action needs to be taken at various levels to implement Disaster Management Plan in the State. She was inaugurating a two-day workshop on 'Training Need Assessment for Disaster Management in Himachal Pradesh' organized by State Council for Science, Technology and Environment in...
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Space Systems/Loral Announces Early Delivery Of Telstar 14R Tue Apr 26 2011Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 was delivered ahead of schedule for the start of its launch campaign. The satellite, designed and built for Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, arrived earlier at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched in late May aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by...
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SERVIR Supports Fire Management System in Guatemala Tue Apr 26 2011In the last few years, fire incidence in Guatemala has increased, damaging and transforming wild areas into degraded forests, savannas and sterile lands. Atrocious events have been registered in which millions of hectares including forests and wild lands burned, in some cases recurrently. In Guatemala, a geospatial information support system for fire management at the national level does not...
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India Launches Three Satellites Thu Apr 21 2011WAM New Delhi, Apr 20 (WAM)--The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched three satellites today. The primary mission of the launch was to put a sophisticated earth observation satellite, Resourcesat-2, which has three cameras and another system to monitor the movement of ships. India now has a total of 10 satellites for remote sensing of earth and ocean waters, and a few more are due...
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Jamaica Government Proceeds with Climate Change Awareness Project Thu Apr 21 2011KINGSTON — The Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Programme has received an additional $103 million in the 2011/12 estimates, now before the House of Representatives. The programme seeks to increase resilience and reduce risks associated with natural hazards in vulnerable areas, as an adaptive measure to climate change, contributing to sustainable development in Jamaica....
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NASA And USAID To Sign Agreement To Tackle Worldwide Problems Thu Apr 21 2011WASHINGTON -- Reporters are invited to the signing of a formal agreement between NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote collaboration on scientific and technological solutions to worldwide problems. The memorandum of understanding addresses such challenges as global health, climate change, food security, and disaster mitigation and response. The event will take...
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Astrium GEO-Information looks back on the Chernobyl disaster 25 years later with Earth observation technologies Wed Apr 20 2011The first satellite image of the Ukrainian site was acquired by SPOT1 only ten days after the explosion demonstrating the value of Earth-imaging satellites in responding to natural and man-made disasters Technology has evolved in the 25 years since the Chernobyl explosion and Astrium GEO-Information’s satellites continue to keep a watchful eye on the zone. Toulouse - April 12, 2011 -...
