2008 May
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Increasing Demand For Earth Observing Satellite Data Addressed At European Conference
- May 30, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsFor more than 40 years, Earth observing satellites have delivered valuable data about our planet and have enabled a better understanding and improved management of the Earth and its environment.
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"Inside Preview & Risk-Eos"
- May 28, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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China Launches Weather Satellite For Olympic Games
- May 28, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Uncategorised
China launched a second Olympic weather forecasting satellite, the Fengyun-3 (FY-3) May Tuesday 27.
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SSTL Wins Satellite Imager Contract For Climate Modelling
- May 27, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Uncategorised
(28 May 2008) Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), the world’s leading small satellite manufacturer, has secured a contract worth €1.6 million from Astrium GmbH, Germany to proceed with work on a new contract to develop and supply the Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) EarthCARE Mission.
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Area the size of the EU burnt by fires every year, new map shows
- May 27, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Between 3.5 and 4.5 million square kilometres (km2) of vegetation worldwide are consumed by fire every year, an area equivalent to the size of the EU. This is the result of a study conducted by EU-funded researchers and published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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September launch for ESA's gravity mission GOCE
- May 26, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
(27 May 2008). A new launch date has been set for GOCE. The change of date is due to precautionary measures taken after the malfunction of an upper-stage section of a Russian Proton launcher. Now confirmed not to affect GOCE’s Rockot launcher, the most advanced gravity mission to date is scheduled for lift-off on 10 September 2008.
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Urban atlas: delivery of land use/cover maps of major European urban agglomerations
- May 26, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
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ERDAS Expands Belgium Office
- May 26, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
ERDAS announces the opening of a new office in Liège, Belgium. Effective May 27, 2008, ERDAS has moved from its Grâce-Hollogne, Belgium office to a new, larger location in Liège. Supporting ERDAS’ growth in Europe, the Liège office includes state-of-the art training and meeting facilities, in a convenient and central location for customers and business partners.
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IPO To Aid DigitalGlobe-GeoEye Comparison
- May 26, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The $250 million initial public stock offering (IPO) planned by satellite Earth observation imagery provider DigitalGlobe Inc. will give investors an opportunity to make side-by-side comparisons of the Longmont, Colo.-based company with its principal competitor, GeoEye Inc. of Dulles, Va.
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ISRO
- May 25, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch its own satellite imagery on the internet six months from now, rivalling popular mapping service Google Earth.