satellites, Tag

Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry is collaborating with Kyoto University to develop the world's first wooden satellite. The two entities have already started research to determine the possibility of using wood in space....

California plans to launch a satellite to monitor pollution in the state and contribute to climate science, Governor Jerry Brown announced today. The state is partnering with satellite imagery purveyor Planet to create a...

In a recent "first-of-its-kind" study led by NASA, scientists found major changes to freshwater availability — changes that could impact water shortages over the course of the century...

Start-up EarthNow is aiming to bring us real-time video taken from space of any point on our planet. Backed by such high-profile supporters as Bill Gates and Airbus, EarthNow promises to boldly go where no one has gone before...

Multimillion dollar project will scan and make public methane leaks from oil and gas plants that are a major contributor to global warming

The aeronautics company Airbus is currently testing a three-foot harpoon they hope will catch the nonfunctional satellite Envisat and pull it back to Earth...

British company Earth-i just launched a new prototype satellite that paves the way for the "world's first full-color, full-motion video satellite constellation." CARBONITE-2 is a test version of the the Vivid-i commercial...

Scientists all over Earth depend on sea ice data from United States military satellites. But one of those satellites recently broke down - and only three aging ones remain. Even worse, the United States Congress said a new...

For eighteen months, scientists and concerned citizens waited for a giant iceberg to break off the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. On July 12, the highly-anticipated event finally occurred. Because the iceberg, named A68,...

Japan's experiment to clean up space junk earlier this year may have ended in failure, but the world's space agencies haven't given up on the problem yet...

Japan's experiment to clean up space debris earlier this year may have ended in failure, but the world's space agencies haven't given up on the problem yet...

An 18-year-old from Tamil Nadu in India has built what experts are hailing as the "world's lightest satellite." Bonus: NASA's going to send it into space. Rifath Shaarook's 1.5-inch cube weighs a mite 2.2 ounces—lighter...

Olympic opening ceremonies are known for spectacle. Yet few countries, if any, have entertained the masses from space. Japanese ALE Company hopes to make history for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo by creating SkyCanvas, a "man-made...

Josh writes: As visitors here know there’s a video titled “How reliable are satellite temperatures?” with the usual suspects giving their expert opinions...

Facebook is expanding its plan to beam internet to remote areas of the Earth, using a solar-powered drone flying high above the ground. The social networking giant has been working on the internet connectivity project since...