PARIS, MONTREAL, WASHINGTON D.C., JULY 9, 2014—According to Euroconsult's newly released executive report, Government Space Programs: Strategic Outlook, Benchmarks & Forecasts, government funding for space is expected to progressively recover as public finances...
OGC Seeks Comment on Charter for New Urban Planning Domain Working Group
July 7, 2014—An OGC Urban Planning Domain Working Group (SWG) is being chartered to define the role for OGC standards and related activities within the Urban Planning Discipline and to provide an open forum for the discussion and presentation of interoperability...
PIXIA Corp and Esri Provide New Suite of Data Access Solutions
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:...
