Redlands, Calif., Oct. 29, 2013—Esri announces that it will partner with Next Century, a decision support company based in Columbia, Maryland, to develop Esri map widgets for the Ozone Widget Framework (OWF). Next Century has been the prime developer of OWF since...
Government and Industry to Combine for 1,150 Satellites Over Next Decade
Paris, Montreal and Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2013—According to Euroconsult's recently published research report, Satellites to be Built & Lunched by 2022, World Market Survey , 115 satellites will be launched on average each year worldwide over the next 10...
RapidEye Is Now BlackBridge
Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6, 2013—RapidEye has officially changed its name to BlackBridge. This change is the result of a two-year process of uniting all BlackBridge owned companies as one presence in the marketplace. It will empower the BlackBridge group to harness its...
Swarm Launch Postponed
PARIS, Oct. 30, 2013—The launch of the Eurpean Space Agency’s magnetic field mission from Plesetsk, Russia, has been postponed by about a week. The announcement from the mission’s launch service provider, Eurockot, follows the decision to replace a unit in the...
NASA, Swedish National Space Board Establish Cooperative Agreement to Test High-Performance Green Propulsion Technology
SOLNA, Sweden, Oct. 29, 2013—The Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed a bilateral cooperative agreement for NASA to test and evaluate the 5-Newton and 22-Newton High Performance Green...
Thermopylae Sciences & Technology Awarded DHS Geospatial Services BPA
Arlington, Va., Oct. 31, 2013—Thermopylae Sciences & Technology, a leading geospatial services provider and Google Enterprise Partner, announced today that it has been awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Geospatial Technical Support Services (GTSS)...
U.S. Water Supply Faces Challenges
Nearly a decade of gravity measurements from NASA's twin GRACE Earth observation satellites show that some parts of the United States could face hard times in coming years.
Protecting Africa's Water Resources
To address one of Africa's biggest challenges, the European Space Agency's TIGER initiative is using satellite observations to help local authorities develop vital water resources.
Where Do All Those Great Astronaut Photos Come From?
More than 230 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station, is a seven-window observatory module called the Cupola”the largest window in space.
Striking Images Show China Flooding
Images from two different Landsat satellites show dramatic before-and-after images of September's massive flooding along the Heilong River, which forms the China-Russia border.
