With launch just a month away, European Space Agency engineers begin the delicate task of attaching three identical Swarm satellites onto a rocket for simultaneous release into orbit.
NASA Boosts Focus on Unmanned Aircraft
NASA has been making trips to outer space for decades. Now the agency increasingly is focusing closer to Earth, exploring the value of unmanned aircraft systems.
GEOINT Symposium Tentatively Rescheduled
The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation announced it intends to roll all contracts over for an April 14-17, 2014, GEOINT Symposium in Tampa.
Satellite Imagery Busts Tanker in Pollution Case
In a landmark hearing in the United Kingdom, the owner of a tanker that polluted the sea off Land's End has been prosecuted using satellite images.
Herding from Space
Satellites observe defined lines of nomadic pastoralism in one of the world's poorest countries to ensure food security and support small-scale rural producers.
Satellite Imagery Educates South African Students
The South African National Space Agency is debuting satellite imagery tools that aim to launch school children “into the world of geospatial information.”
GEOINT 2013 Symposium a Shutdown Casualty
Ongoing dysfunction among political leaders in Washington forced the postponement of this year's GEOINT event.
Earth Observation Aids Black Sea Environment
Home to more than 160 million people, the Black Sea catchment area hasn't fared well in the face of increased human activity, least of all from developments along the banks of its tributary rivers.
RapidEye Concludes North American Ag Campaign
RapidEye announced it has generated more than 16 million km² of cloud-free imagery across 28 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces.
Swarm Technology for Drone Mapping Released
Multiple drones mapping remote areas autonomously is no longer science fiction. The most advanced version of senseFly's ground control software puts years of research into users' hands.
