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Defense Department will continue providing critical weather satellite data to NOAA
The SSMIS instruments are part of three weather satellites that are in low-Earth orbit and are maintained by NOAA in ...
When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It
NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes ...
How NASA’s New $1.3 Billion Satellite Will Help First Responders
A new radar satellite launched by India and NASA will help forecasters and first responders stay one step ahead of natural ...
High-resolution satellite remote sensing reveals underestimated methane emissions from global landfills
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a much stronger short-term effect on warming than carbon dioxide. Over the near-term ...
Satellite images show Russia built shelters for vulnerable aircraft after relentless drone strikes, intel says
Ukrainian forces have used long-range drones to strike Russian air bases, ammunition storage sites, and other high-value ...
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Powerful satellite will chart changes on Earth’s surface in exquisite detail — down to a centimetre
NISAR — which stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar — will use two radar instruments operating at different ...
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Hurricane Forecasters Keep Crucial Satellite Data Online after Threatened Cuts
Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as ...
Satellite data reveal African grasslands' carbon uptake rises with rainfall, unlike forests and savannas
Africa is a source of uncertainty in carbon cycle calculations. By some estimates, the continent's landscapes emit 2.1 ...