September 17, 2014
Review the progress of NASA’s Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel 2014 program conducted from the Wallops Flight Facility as recorded by Mary Morris.
September 17, 2014
European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA scientists cooperate on how ESA’s CarbonSat candidate satellite mission could identify sources of carbon dioxide and methane and how they disperse in the atmosphere.
September 17, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2014—Boeing has received its first commercial order for the 502 Phoenix small satellite from HySpecIQ of Washington, D.C. The satellites will carry the commercial remote sensing industry’s first high-resolution hyperspectral payload, capable of providing spectral imaging fidelity that far exceeds what is currently available. Boeing will deliver a complete
September 17, 2014
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., Sept. 10, 2014—Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet, commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM), signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) last week with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri), the commercial industry leader in geographic information systems (GIS). “This CRADA will be a key enabler for our mission
September 17, 2014
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 11, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to develop a commercial end-to-end interferometric processing capability for environmental monitoring. This contract will allow PCI to develop a commercial, end-to-end
September 17, 2014
Torrance, Calif., Sept. 10, 2014—Altus Positioning Systems, a subsidiary of Septentrio Satellite Navigation NV, has assumed responsibility for Septentrio products in North and South America. Septentrio, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-end GNSS receivers for demanding professional navigation, positioning and timing applications, is consolidating its sales, service and customer support functions for the
September 17, 2014
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., Sept. 11, 2014—Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to conduct the Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Reduced Instrument Envelope Study. Under the six-month contract, SST-US will investigate smaller and lighter alternatives to the two sensors currently flying on Landsat 8. The SLI Reduced Envelope
September 17, 2014
Fairfax, Va., Sept. 10, 2014—Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has promoted Amar Nayegandhi, CP, CMS, GISP, to associate vice president and director of remote sensing in the Tampa, Florida, office. With more than 15 years of remote sensing experience, he is a recognized expert in topographic and bathymetric LiDAR data acquisition and processing,
September 17, 2014
Sept. 12, 2014, Reston, Va.—MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, has been selected as a member of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) working group on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). MAPPS is the only representative of the geospatial, aerial survey, and remote sensing community on the committee. "As an association representing the many private
September 17, 2014
Sept. 10, 2014—The OGC is a partner with the American Geographical Society, the Earth Institute and the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation in presenting the American Geographical Society (AGS) Fall Symposium, “Geography 2050: Mounting an Expedition to the Future”. The symposium will be held on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia