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Euroconsult 2nd Earth Observation Business Symposium –September 9-10, 2010 at the Westin in Paris
Monday March 1, 2010
The only event that gathers all the actors of the Earth observation sector in one location, to network, do business and discuss the current and future impact of growth opportunities and challenges at this exciting time in the industry.
Master on Earth Remote Sensing and Observation Systems
Friday February 26, 2010
Accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles
ESA highlights the potential of satellite data for the European Investment Bank
Thursday February 25, 2010
The European Investment Bank has an annual lending portfolio of around 75 billion euros, operating globally in more than 130 countries. The Bank has been increasingly mainstreaming environmental considerations into its lending portfolio, boosting the need to monitor the impact of the projects it funds. As its environmental commitments have increased, so too has the demand for geospatial information.
PCI Geomatics Signs Million Dollar Contract with BSEI for an Automated Image Production System
Thursday February 25, 2010
Richmond Hill, Ontario – February 25, 2010: PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, is pleased to announce it has signed a million dollar contract with Beijing Space Eye Innovation Technology Co. Ltd. (BSEI) to supply an automated image processing system to the China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application.
Space agencies of Ukraine and Germany discuss cooperation in data exchange in remote Earth-sensing
Thursday February 25, 2010
The National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have confirmed their mutual interest in the development of cooperation in the sphere of data exchange on remote Earth-sensing, primarily in crisis situations.
Using remote sensing to assess crop water productivity
Thursday February 25, 2010
Water productivity, which relates crop production to water use, is a key indicator for evaluating agricultural water management. Irrigation, the single biggest fresh water consumer in the world, is facing enormous pressures from rising food demand, competitive water uses from other sectors, and the uncertainties of climate change. Sustainable agriculture requires increasing water productivity by producing more food with less water. Remote sensing-aided water productivity assessment helps to pinpoint hot or bright spots and assess the potential for improvement.1
With U.S. Contracts Delayed, DigitalGlobe Looks Elsewhere for 2010 Growth
Wednesday February 24, 2010
PARIS — Earth-observation services provider DigitalGlobe on Feb. 24 said delays in new contracts with the U.S. government — the customer responsible for 75 percent of its revenue — likely will limit the company’s growth in 2010 but that a recovering global economy should boost non-U.S. government business.
Satellite Images from Space Still Improving After 50 Years
Wednesday February 24, 2010
FORT COLLINS – Fifty years ago, scientists studying climate and weather were lucky to capture cloud cover from the first satellite – a revolutionary, infrared observation satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in April 1960.
PCI Geomatics Receives Contract to Assist MDA with Geospatial Solution
Wednesday February 24, 2010
Richmond Hill, Ontario – February 24, 2010: PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, has announced today it has signed a significant six-figure contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to develop and deploy an enterprise level image management system to support the processing of RADARSAT-2 satellite imagery for an international customer.
GOES Mission Overview
Wednesday February 24, 2010
The Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-P represents a continuation of the newest generation of environmental satellites built by Boeing for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the technical guidance and project management of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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In space, many things work differently, but not always. Take the movement of liquid in fine tubes. Gravity has something to do with this capillary action, but what? Students using ESA’s 'Take Your Classroom into Space' kit can now find out.
On Friday, Esa Alanen and family visited the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, as guests of ESA, to say thanks for relinquishing the Twitter name www.twitter.com/esa.
For the past 12 years, ESA’s Eduspace website has been a window on the world for secondary students and teachers. Now the website has been completely redesigned and updated, so that it provides an even more valuable introduction to Earth observation and its applications.
This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue in Eastern Antarctica in early February. The collision caused a chunk of the glacier’s tongue to snap off, giving birth to another iceberg nearly as large as B-9B.
For years, ESA has been bringing space technologies down to Earth through its Technology Transfer Programme and Business Incubation initiatives. Now, the Agency will strengthen these initiatives by supporting new businesses using space innovations through a dedicated venture capital fund.
