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How NASA’s New $1.3 Billion Satellite Will Help First Responders
A new radar satellite launched by India and NASA will help forecasters and first responders stay one step ahead of natural ...
NASA-ISRO satellite lifts off to track Earth's changing surfaces
Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the ...
Defense Department will continue providing critical weather satellite data to NOAA
The SSMIS instruments are part of three weather satellites that are in low-Earth orbit and are maintained by NOAA in ...
When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It
NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes ...
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Powerful satellite will chart changes on Earth’s surface in exquisite detail — down to a centimetre
NISAR — which stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar — will use two radar instruments operating at different ...
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Hurricane Forecasters Keep Crucial Satellite Data Online after Threatened Cuts
Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as ...
Satellite images show Russia built shelters for vulnerable aircraft after relentless drone strikes, intel says
Ukrainian forces have used long-range drones to strike Russian air bases, ammunition storage sites, and other high-value ...
High-resolution satellite remote sensing reveals underestimated methane emissions from global landfills
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a much stronger short-term effect on warming than carbon dioxide. Over the near-term ...