RESTON, Va., July 10, 2014—PIXIA Corp., the US industry leader in fast access to large data, announced a new relationship with Esri to integrate PIXIA’s geospatial intelligence solutions into Esri’s ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, and ArcGIS MarketPlace. This...
SSTL Announces the Successful Launch of UK In-Orbit Demonstrator Satellite TechDemoSat-1
Guildford, United Kingdom, July 8, 2014—Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) today announced the successful launch of TechDemoSat-1, an in-orbit technology demonstration mission for innovative UK spacecraft equipment and software.  The spacecraft was launched...
Surrey Satellite US Announces Payload Manifest for OTB Satellite
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., July 9, 2014—Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) today announced that its Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite will carry five demonstration payloads for a variety of commercial, government, and academic organizations. With the...
Roofing Firm Enlists Drones to Detect Energy Leaks
Beachwood, Ohio-based Tremco Roofing partnered with Toronto-based Industrial SkyWorks to use drones equipped with infrared and video cameras to find energy leaks for customers in Canada.
Recognize This East Coast Rocket-Launch Site?
Where wild ponies once roamed the marshes and beaches, today Wallops Island is the site of a thriving spaceport that launches several commercial and government rockets each year.
Lake Erie Faces Harmful Late-Summer Algae Bloom
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its research partners predict a significant bloom of cyanobacteria, a toxic blue-green algae, for Lake Erie later this summer.
How Can a Beer Cooler Help Us Better Understand Climate?
While European Space Agency engineers have almost finished building the first Sentinel-3 satellite for ocean forecasting, a beer cooler has an unusual role in supporting the mission.
Elecnor Deimos Publishes First Images of the DEIMOS-2 Satellite
MADRID, July 3, 2014—DEIMOS-2, Spain's first ultra-high resolution satellite launched into orbit on 19 June, has started capturing its first images just 12 hours after it was brought on line. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:...
Harfang MALE UAS Controlled Successfully from a French Air Force Base Almost 5,000 Kilometers Away
PARIS, June 27, 2014—A Harfang unmanned aircraft system (UAS) belonging to the French Air Force (FAF) controlled by a crew from the French Military Flight Test Centre (Centre d'Expérience Aérienne Militaire), the UAS Squadron “Belfort†(ED 1/33) and the UAS...
New York to LA: History of America's Maps in One App
Redlands, Calif., July 1, 2014—Two of the nation’s most authoritative mapping sources, the U.S. Geological Survey and Esri, have partnered to put the rich tapestry of U.S. Historical Maps into the hands of everyone. Available in time for the Fourth of July and...
