Now, thanks to continuing innovation and rapidly declining launch costs, more countries than ever are developing spaceports, and increasingly, partnering with state governments and private companies to do so.
New Biomass Map to Take Stock of World's Carbon
Tracking biomass change is becoming increasingly important as decision-makers work towars the Global Stocktake”an aspect of the global Paris climate deal”that will periodically check international progress toward meeting emissions-reduction commitments to limit global warming.
GA-ASI Assists California Air National Guard with Fire Season
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is supporting the California Air National Guard (CA ANG) as they provide real-time reconnaissance for California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) firefighting operations in Southern California.
USF Geoscientists Develop Technology to Improve Forecasting of Earthquakes, Tsunamis
University of South Florida (USF) geoscientists have successfully developed and tested a new high-tech shallow water buoy that can detect the small movements and changes in the Earth's seafloor that are often a precursor to deadly natural hazards, like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.
Pioneering MicroCarb Mission Features Sophisticated Detector
MicroCarb, the first European CO2 monitoring mission, added Lynred's large-format SWIR detector, NGP, to its spectrometer instrument built by Airbus Defence & Space.
Ozone Hole Set to Close
Forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which uses total ozone measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission processed at the German Aerospace Center, have forecasted that this year's ozone hole will close sooner than usual.
Commercial Space Revenue Climbs to All-Time High of $328.86 Billion
Revenues from global commercial space activity in 2018 climbed to their highest level ever and now make up nearly 80 percent of the total global space industry.
Caltech, NASA Find Web of Ruptures in Ridgecrest Quake
A new study of Southern California's largest earthquake sequence in two decades provides new evidence that large earthquakes can occur in a more-complex fashion than commonly assumed.
NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor
In the deadly 2018 earthquake in the Indonesian city of Palu, intense shaking changed solid ground into a landslide of flowing mud, multiplying the death toll and economic impact.
Key Technologies for Commercial Radio Frequency Signal Mapping with Small Satellites
Small satellite technology has ignited a revolution in Earth observation, enabling the launches of hundreds of imaging platforms into orbit in just the past few years.