Imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite showed the movement of cold, Arctic air over the United States from Dec. 1-11, 2016.
Australia's Wolfe Creek Crater National Park
The European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite captured this image over the northern part of Western Australia in the Wolfe Creek Crater National Park.
ESA Commits 10 Billion Euros to Space Activities
In early December 2016, the European Space Agency (ESA) held a two-day council meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, where ministers from ESA's 22 member states plus Slovenia and Canada allocated €10.3 billion for space activities and programs based on the vision of a United Space in Europe in the era of Space 4.0.
WorldView-4's First Image
DigitalGlobe released the first public image from its recently launched 30-centimeter-resolution WorldView-4 satellite. Taken on Nov. 26, 2016, the image shows the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Satellites Confirm: San Francisco's Millennium Tower Sinking
European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-1 satellites have shown that San Francisco's 58-storey Millennium Tower is sinking by a few centimeters a year.
Rare November Tokyo Snowfall
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2016, after it received its first November snowfall in more than half a century.
WorldView-4 Successfully Launched
On Nov. 11, 2016, DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 commercial imaging satellite was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. About 45 minutes after launch, satellite signals indicated it was in proper position and working order.
Satellites Reveal Ground Shift from Italian Earthquake
Scientists from Italy's Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council as well as the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology used radar imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites to identify significant east“west ground displacement in central Italy where an earthquake struck on Oct. 30, 2016.
Aerial Imaging Market Forecast to Reach $2.64 Billion by 2022
According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, the aerial imaging market is estimated to grow to $2.64 billion by 2022.
Patagonia Glacier Growing Across Chile
Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins National Park includes much of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the world's second-largest contiguous ice field beyond the poles.