VANCOUVER, April 4, 2016— UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) ("UrtheCast" or the "Company") today announced the establishment of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In June 2015, UrtheCast announced...
Italian Space Agency and NASA Sign Agreement on Use of COSMO-SkyMed Satellites
The agreement envisions cooperation in the field of Earth Observation through the Italian “COSMO-SkyMed†radar satellite constellation. Post-doctoral scholarships for Italian researchers will also be available in the United States. Washington, September 9, 2015–...
Robotic Search and Rescue: The New ICARUS System Ready for Use from 2016
On 9-10 July 2015, at the Portuguese Navy Base of Alfeite (Almada) in Lisbon, 24 Project Partners from 9 countries demonstrated the ICARUS (Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search Operations) system, as final step of the ICARUS European project...
UrtheCast Announces World's First Commercial SAR And Optical 16-Satellite Constellation
VANCOUVER, June 19, 2015—UrtheCast Corp. announced plans to build, launch and operate the world’s first fully-integrated, multispectral optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) commercial constellation of Earth Observation satellites (the “Constellationâ€),...
Scientists Use SAR Data to Map Changes in Global Forest Cover
Japanese scientists used phased-array type L-band SAR (PALSAR) high-resolution multi-polarization low-noise sensors aboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) to generate maps of changing global forest cover for 2007-2010.
DLR Presents Tandem-L Concept at Paris Air Show
At the 2015 Paris Air Show, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) presented its Tandem-L concept, which builds on the success of the twin synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites Tandem-X, with twin L-band radar satellites tuned to image Earth's surface to help understand dynamic processes.
Wetland Management with Radar
This interferogram was created by combining two Sentinel-1A radar scenes from March 2 and March 14, 2015, over the Danube Delta in Romania, which covers more than 4,000 square kilometers and plays important roles in water supply and biodiversity.
NASA and ISRO Team on Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite
NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) are teaming up to build and launch a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite to observe natural processes and hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.
NASA Predicts Coming Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf
NASA scientists recently completed a study regarding the remaining section of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf. The shelf partially collapsed in 2002, and the remaining portion has weakened and is likely to disintegrate completely by 2020.
McMurdo Opens World's First Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Center
Lanham, Md., May13, 2015—McMurdo, the world’s most trusted name in emergency readiness and response, today announced that it has opened the world’s first Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Center at its Washington, D.C. location. The state-of-the-art...
