A newly initiated campaign marks an important step in preparing for how data from the Sentinel-1 European Radar Observatory will be used for applications such as land-cover mapping and crop management. Sentinel-1 is the first of the five missions that ESA is developing for the GMES initiative. Sentinel-1 is a constellation of two C-band radar

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — India on Monday launched a radar-imaging satellite built with Israeli assistance and equipped with all-weather and night-vision capabilities. The Indian Space Research Organization, which last year launched an unmanned mission to the moon, said RISAT-2 would boost its Earth observation, especially during natural disasters such as floods, cyclones and landslides.

Nigeria will soon be able to map and monitor African resources with local expertise. Nigeria’s first satellite imaging engineers are receiving hands-on training at DMCii in Guildford, UK, to manage and process the images NigeriaSat-1 and the future NigeriaSat-2 and NX satellites upon their return to Nigeria. Now in training, Oludare Mabogunje and Kennedy Uti

(10 April 2009) Optical Surfaces Ltd. has announced that it has supplied, to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), a Cassegrain Camera that will be a key component of the satellite platform being prepared for the NigeriaSat-2 program. Due for launch in early 2010, NigeriaSat-2 is being built by SSTL for the National Space Research and

At the occasion of the MyOcean kick-off meeting held in Toulouse on 1 April, EUMETSAT stressed its contribution to the marine user community, by providing key operational data and products for MyOcean to build its services on (2008-2010). Additionally, EUMETSAT will operate the GMES Sentinel-3 satellites, one of the key missions for the marine community.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed an agreement with CONAE, Argentina’s National Commission on Space Activity, for two launches aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 medium-to-heavy lift vehicle. Falcon 9 launch vehicle (SpaceX) The flights will send the SAOCOM 1A (SAR Observation & Communications Satellite) and 1B Earth observation satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, where they will provide

The goal of this guide is to help potential applicants for EU funding for research and innovation to find their way to relevant information on funding opportunities in order to identify the most suitable choices among the relevant EU programmes (FP7, Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and Structural funds). practical-guide-rev2_en.pdf

“Threats, Risks and Sustainability – Answers by Space” is now available as volume 2 in the book series “Studies in Space Policy” edited by ESPI and published by SpringerWien NewYork. Building on a conference organised by ESPI in December 2007 in Vienna, this book provides an interdisciplinary analysis/perspectives on how space can contribute to solving

Written by Jeff Thurston, Friday, 10 April 2009. Ten year’s ago real-time geodata was more or less a dream. Five year’s ago most people began to see more real-time data and were talking about it, but it was still something for the adventurous with deep pockets, who could afford to acquire it, process it and

Thursday 21st May 2009, 09:30-16:30 BERR Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London First Announcement The drive to monitor and mitigate global climate change, improve energy efficiency, reduce waste, prevent environmental pollution, and protect the Earth’s natural resources is set to create numerous new jobs and substantial wealth for the remote sensing community through a variety

Fourth European Security Research Conference (SRC09) September 29-30 and
First Euro-Atlantic Stakeholder Conference October 1-2, Sweden

The objective of the eSDI-NET+ project is to establish a network for communication and knowledge exchange of best practices on European Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI), which will enhance the use of geographic information provided by the GMES. Recently, a call for submission of best practices on SDI’s has been launched, focusing on sub national level,

More than 140 proposals were received in response to the first three Invitations To Tender issued in 2008 under the new program VAE (Value Adding Element). This confirms that issues of high interest for the EO service industry are being addressed in VAE. VAE is an element of the ESA Earth Observation Envelope Program (EOEP-3).

“Lessons to be learned after the Land&Infrastructure and Maritime Surveillance related demos”. The Workshop will take place in Paris on 26 March 2009. It aims to present the results of the first development cycle of the LIMES project mainly to Users and Stakeholder not directly involved into the LIMES Services Demonstration performed last year. Since

The exchange of environmental information will be the focus of the ‘Towards eEnvironment’ conference held this week in Prague. ESA will host a GMES session to discuss the status of the programme and demonstrate how its services are helping users. The conference, held in the framework of the Czech Republic’s European Union presidency, is dedicated

India is all set to launch a radar imaging satellite (RISAT) built with “substantial inputs” from the Israel aerospace industry from Sriharikota spaceport, an ISRO official said. Israel has supplied Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which is in fact “heart” of the 1780-kg remote sensing satellite, the official told PTI on condition of anonymity. “Israel has