MELBOURNE, Fla.- Harris Corporation’s (NYSE:HRS) second Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) weather-monitoring mission, is scheduled to launch March 1 on the Geostationary Operational Environmental...
World's Longest-Lived Volcano Eruption Continues
A natural-color satellite image shows the summit of Kilauea Volcano, near the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
World's Largest Tropical Ice Cap Rapidly Receding
Glaciers and ice caps are excellent recorders of climate change, but satellites show that when they recede quickly, they can become potent symbols of warming trends throughout the world.
World's Largest Satellite Fleet Owner Joins The Geological Remote Sensing Group
The Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) has expanded its membership once again with the recent news that Planet; the owners and operators of the world’s largest commercially-operated fleet of satellites, has joined as the Group’s latest corporate member.  ...
World's Largest Satellite Fleet Owner Joins Geological Remote Sensing Group
The Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) expanded its membership as Planet”owners and operators of the world's largest commercially operated fleet of satellites”became the group's latest corporate member.
World's Largest Salt Plain Seen from Space
Covering 10,500 square kilometers, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt plain.
World's Largest Groundwater Basins in Distress
Human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there’s little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them, according to two new studies led by UC Irvine that use data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment...
World's first Autonomous Drone Delivery System Takes Off as Flytrex Launches Flying Food Delivery in ReykjavÃk
(ReykjavÃk. ) – Drone technology company Flytrex, in partnership with AHA, Iceland’s largest online marketplace, announced today the official launch of the world’s first operational on-demand urban drone delivery service. The first-of-its-kind delivery system...
World's Best Unmanned Aerial Predator? You Decide!
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continue to change the face of modern combat with advanced Earth observation and pinpoint targeting capabilities. Several military UAVs from around the globe are profiled by India's rediff NEWS in this interesting slide show.
World’s largest open dataset for the development of self-driving vehicles launched
Self-driving vehicles such as cars, ships and drones offer the potential for reduced costs, lower environmental impacts and fewer accidents. Now, a new open dataset from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, sets a new standard for evaluating the...
