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NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing and data access facility called NASA Earth Exchange (NEX). This new facility is a virtual laboratory that will allow scientists to tackle global Earth science challenges with global high-resolution satellite observations. After extensive development and testing, NASA is making the NEX facility available to the research community for further research...

World-class scientists, engineers and educators have gathered in Munich, Germany, this week to discuss the latest developments in remote sensing and exchange ideas with other members of the international scientific community. The 32nd annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium – IGARSS – is being held this week. With over 2400 participants, it is the largest IGARSS since the annual conference began 31 years ago. At the plenary session on Monday morning,...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An unprecedented enterprise began 40 years ago today when the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) - later renamed Landsat - was launched. Five more Landsat spacecraft would reach orbit during the next 27 years. All were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. into near-polar orbits allowing them to image the entire Earth, one slice at a time, as it rotated below. "We congratulate NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing and data access facility called NASA Earth Exchange (NEX). This new facility is a virtual laboratory that will allow scientists to tackle global Earth science challenges with global high-resolution satellite observations. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) After...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world's longest-running Earth-observing satellite program. The first Landsat satellite was launched July 23, 1972, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The 40-year Landsat record provides global coverage that shows large-scale human activities such as building cities...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A probe that is being touted as the "highest detection performance commercial Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built" was successfully launched into a sun-synchronous polar orbit on Sunday, the UK firm that designed and assembled the craft has announced. In a July 22 statement, Guilford-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) confirmed that the exactView-1 satellite lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome...

SAINT PAUL, Minn., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISNS) plans to distribute its earnings results for the second-quarter ended June 30, 2012 after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Following the release, the company will hold an investment community conference call at 3:45 p.m. CDT. Ken Aubrey, chief executive officer, and Greg Smith, chief financial officer, will review Image Sensing Systems' performance for the quarter. To...

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Jason-3 spacecraft in December 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket from Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total value of the Jason-3 launch service is approximately $82 million. This estimated cost includes the task ordered launch service for the Falcon 9 v1.0, plus additional services under other contracts for payload...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Talks held at the recent biannual conference on mapping global risk ensured that leaders focused on the importance of Earth-observing satellites. The Understanding Risk Forum was organized by the World Bank's Global Facility for Disaster Risk and Recovery in Cape Town, South Africa earlier this month. During the conference, Earth-observing satellites became the focal point of discussion at the Forum's Earth Observing session chaired...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Jason-3 spacecraft in December 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket from Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The total value of the Jason-3 launch service is approximately $82 million. This...