On March 18, 2013, the newly launched Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) began sending images back to Earth from its two sensors, including these two images of Fort Collins, Colo.
Water Satellite Surprises with Carbon Capabilities
The European Space Agency's SMOS satellite was designed to map soil moisture and ocean salinity, and now it has shown that it also can see through vegetation to provide a better understanding of Earth's carbon cycle.
Small Drone Adds Laser Scanning
Switzerland's Aeroscout recently equipped several unmanned aircraft system helicopter systems with a combined Riegl laser scanner and inertial navigation system/Global Positioning System payload solution for airborne laser scanning.
Journalism Schools Test EO Drones”And Legal Boundaries
AP style, interviewing skills and drone flying lessons? At least two journalism schools are experimenting with Earth observation (EO) unmanned aircraft systems as news-gathering tools.
Satellites Chronicle a Greening Arctic
During the last three decades, temperatures have risen faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on Earth, resulting in a longer growing season and bringing major changes to far-north ecosystems.
India's Next EO Satellite to Feature Top Resolution
According to a recent article in The Hindu, India's planned Cartosat-3 Earth observation satellite will offer .25-meter resolution, the world's highest commercial capability.
Satellite Observations Benefit Global Agriculture
From illegal logging in Africa to the impact of rising seawater on rice production in Vietnam, Earth observation satellites are addressing diverse global agricultural challenges.
University Tests UAS for Assessing Power Grid Damage
A New Mexico State University research team has performed successful unmanned aircraft system flights for the Electric Power Research Institute’s Airborne Damage Assessment Model.
ESA's GOCE Satellite Captures Earthquake Sounds
Earth observation satellites often map changes in Earth's surface caused by earthquakes, but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly from space”until now.
NASA Satellite Observes Australia Flooding
Tropical Cyclone Rusty made landfall in northwestern Australia in late February 2013, prompting the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to issue a flood warning for the catchment of the De Gray River.
