Satellite in Biological News

SMOS and Proba-2 launch rescheduled for November

... Both the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite and the secondary payload Proba-2, which is ... Mission GOCE in March this year. The SMOS satellite is currently in the south of France at Thales ... up the mission are in place for launch, so the satellite is ready and waiting to be shipped to the launch ...

'Platforms in space' to help businesses

... said "The biggest barriers to wide use of satellite data in the UK are knowledge, ease of access and ... there is a paradigm shift in the accessibility of satellite services which gives a real opportunity to ... in the exploitation and application of space and satellite technologies." A G-STEP office is currently ...

NASA uses satellite to unearth innovation in crop forecasting

... of poor people. NASA researchers are using satellite data to deliver a kind of space-based ... Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite to improve the accuracy of West African soil ... of soil moisture with and without the AMSR-E satellite sensor observations. They used West Africa as a ...

Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics

... World's Highest-Resolution Commercial satellite More Quiet Mirrors Terahertz Modulators ... 11 a.m. WORLD'S HIGHEST-RESOLUTION COMMERCIAL satellite Since the early 1960s, super powerful spy ... of Dulles, Va., launched a multi-million dollar satellite last year, and it's the highest-resolution ...

Reducing the roadworks

... paper and digital records with the latest satellite and ground-based 'radar' positioning systems to ... of Nottingham have been working on developing satellite technology to improve satellite positioning accuracy and availability, especially ...

ESA's Earth observation missions: Sharing teams and facilities boosts efficiency

... resources. So when ESA's new Earth Explorer satellite GOCE was launched on 17 March, it made sense to ... & Planetary missions. Traditionally, once a satellite was launched and the critical Launch and Early ... the ground-based infrastructure that supports the satellite in orbit - is being developed as part of the GMES ...

NASA study says climate adds fuel to Asian wildfire emissions

... fires. Using data from a carbon-detecting NASA satellite and computer models, the researchers found that ... the region. The scientists also observed through satellite remote sensing that fires in regional peatlands ... Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite -- as well as 1997-2006 fire data and research ...

Satellite imagery shows fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf destabilized

... satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve ... a combination of radar images from ESA's Envisat satellite and the German Aerospace Centre's TerraSAR-X satellite. On 24 April, the satellite data showed that the first icebergs had started ...

GOCE's electric ion propulsion engine switched on

... depending on the actual real time drag that the satellite experiences once GOCE is in routine operations. ... we will be ready for intensive testing of the satellite and of the scientific data-processing system on ... of about 190 m/day. GOCE is the first ESA satellite employing drag-free control, in which ...

New 'pollution radar' developed to provide unprecedented picture of urban smog

... radar over cities. A team from the Surrey satellite Technology Ltd, the University of Leicester and ... with a number of potential applications on satellite platforms. The technology developed is now being ... developed for potential deployment as a small satellite payload and provides the performance of current, ...

Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, Stanford researcher warns

... on her new study, in which she analyzed detailed satellite images collected between 1980 and 2000. The study ... (FAO) maintains a database of detailed satellite images taken over the last 20 years through the ... Working closely with the FAO, Gibbs analyzed satellite data for more than 100 randomly selected sites ...

ESA's water mission on track for launch

... Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place between July and October this ... The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has been in storage at Thales Alenia Space's ... is preparing for the final milestone prior to the satellite being shipped to Plesetsk the Flight Acceptance ...

March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission

... oversee preparations for the launch of its GOCE satellite now envisaged for launch on 16 March 2009. This ... and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite has been in storage at the launch site since last ... engineers arrive, work will begin preparing the satellite for launch. As prime contractor, Thales Alenia ...

AGU journal highlights -- Dec. 31, 2008

... dunes. By using pairs of high-resolution optical satellite images taken at differing times, the authors ... The displacement maps generated from each pair of satellite images were then used to automatically ... subtracting it from the surface observed by the satellite images, the authors obtain dune heights and ...

Single adult stem cell can self renew, repair tissue damage in live mammal

... were isolated from a mixed population of satellite cells in the skeletal muscle of mice. The ... immune-suppressed "nude" mice whose muscle satellite cells had been wiped out in a hind limb by ... results," says Sacco. "It's been known that these satellite cells are crucial for the regeneration of muscle ...

Snowy owl -- a marine species?

... Wildlife satellite studies could lead to a radical re-thinking about ... "Six of the adult females that we followed in a satellite study spent most of last winter far out on the ... open water leads in the ice as recorded by other satellite data." The researchers find it intriguing that ...

ESA satellites flying in formation

... and Envisat, the largest environmental satellite ever built, both carry Synthetic Aperture Radar ... of satellites. The operational lifetime of satellite missions is normally determined by the ... to place it in tandem position is such that the satellite drifts back to its nominal orbit without ...

ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic

... ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 years. These ... both open simultaneously for the first time since satellite measurements began. Using another instrument ... ice is and where it is going to be. The use of satellite images has also reduced our ice-breakers' fuel ...

Satellites helping aid workers in Honduras

... have received assistance from space, with satellite images of affected areas provided rapidly ... for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) asked the ... referred to as 'The Charter', for support. satellite images of the area acquired by ESA's Envisat were ...

AGU journal highlights -- Oct. 16, 2008

... http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034939 6. satellite maps tropospheric ozone Ozone is a key ... therefore essential for air quality. Noting that satellite observations cover wide areas in short time, ... study demonstrates the capability of infrared satellite observations to monitor tropospheric ozone and to ...

Cholesterol-lowering drugs and the effect on muscle repair and regeneration

... statin patients. Working with primary human satellite cell cultures, researchers have found that ... is entitled "Simvastatin Reduces Human Primary satellite Cell Proliferation in Culture." It was conducted ... of statins on the muscle progenitor cells (i.e., satellite cells (SC)) which play a key role in skeletal ...

Launch of GOCE delayed

... activities for the launch of ESA's GOCE satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia ... room, the protective fairing that shelters the satellite will be opened and the spacecraft and its adaptor ... and the re-mating of the adaptor system, satellite and fairing, the launch has been currently ...

Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low

... Arctic, current observations from ESA's Envisat satellite suggest that the extent of polar sea-ice may ... the Northeast Passage." Regarding the use of satellite data for polar research Miller continues, "The ... it could become ice-free as early as 2040. Latest satellite observations suggest that the Arctic could be ...

Leatherback turtles' newly discovered migration route may be roadmap to salvation

... Palacios said. The only data available are satellite images showing the color of the sea. Researchers ... to indicate the relative richness of a fishery. satellite images show very little green in the South ... not picking up in chlorophyll signatures from satellite imagery," he said. Given that leatherbacks ...

Extended cyclone relief efforts aided from space

... products were created with Earth observation (EO) satellite acquisitions taken in the wake of the event to ... because the RESPOND project, which delivers satellite mapping for disaster reduction and humanitarian ... up-to-date basic maps before the disaster with satellite images acquired during or after the cyclone ...

Bird watchers, space technology come together in Montana State University study

... North America. Thousands of bird watchers and a satellite sensor developed at the University of Montana ... Collins, Colo. The paper reports that the UM satellite sensor, a Moderate Resolution Imaging ... example of how volunteer efforts, mixed with NASA satellite program, allow us to learn things we never would ...

Even the Antarctic winter cannot protect Wilkins Ice Shelf

... off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA's Envisat satellite captured the event the first ever-documented ... during IPY to collect an increasing amount of satellite information, particularly to understand recent ... often found in polar regions. Long-term satellite monitoring over Antarctica is important because ...

York symposium puts focus on chemical 'weather'

... the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite mission. To mark the fifth anniversary, a ... pollution. Professor Bernath said: "The ACE satellite was only intended to last for two years but it is ... we wanted a broader representation from other satellite projects both from the US and Europe" Professor ...

Satellites illuminate pollution's influence on clouds

... the Microwave Limb Sounder on the A-Train's Aura satellite to measure the level of carbon monoxide in ... used NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite to measure the amount of precipitation falling ... and clouds pose difficult problems that no one satellite instrument can solve," said Jiang. "But when you ...

NASA presentations at American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly

... Quality Models in Texas Using TES, AIRS and Other satellite Data Time: Tues., May 27, 3 p.m. EDT, Room 305 ... the results of a collaboration that uses NASA satellite data to evaluate regional atmospheric models from ... on Environmental Quality. The collaboration uses satellite data from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer ...

Arable land can have a negative impact on air quality

... that it was later clearly visible on the weather satellite infrared pictures. At this point, no one living ... from" The detective work began. satellite pictures solve the riddle The directive on ... of air monitoring data. So the researchers combed satellite pictures and came across what they were looking ...

Detecting dangerous chemicals with lasers, exploring the brain's circuitry with light and more

... by exchanging single photons from an orbiting satellite to Earth. They demonstrated how the Matera Laser Ranging Observatory in Matera, Italy, used for satellite laser ranging with ultimate precision, can be ... Study of a Quantum Channel from a LEO satellite to the Earth.") PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN ...

GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed

... for Europe, Volker Liebig commented: "This satellite is an important element of GMES and will enable ... October 2007. The launch of the first Sentinel-2 satellite is planned for 2012. The industrial consortium led by Astrium-GmbH (platform and satellite prime) includes a number of core-team partners: ...

NASA launches airborne study of arctic atmosphere, air pollution

... and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder satellite Observation (CALIPSO). Interpreting satellite data can be difficult in the Arctic because of ... it's difficult for researchers to look at satellite data and distinguish between light reflected by ...

Satellites take sustainability to new heights

... (EO) from space can provide. "Unbiased, timed satellite images help build stakeholder trust because they ... Reporting (EO-CSD) project to integrate satellite data into CSD reporting practices across a wide ... changes occurring gradually. The focus of the satellite data used in this project was to help quantify ...

NASA satellite measures pollution from east Asia to North America

... researchers taking advantage of improvements in satellite sensor capabilities offer the first ... scientists began using emerging high-accuracy satellite data to answer key questions about the role tiny ... to take advantage of the innovations in satellite technology and has now made the first-ever ...

AGU journal highlights -- Feb. 26, 2008

... 2. satellite tracks summer Arctic ice motion For more than ... (October through May) have been monitored with satellite passive microwave sensors, including the 89-GHz ... to fill in the 3- to 4-month annual gaps in the satellite data. He finds that summer sea ice motion can be ...

NOAA science story tips -- AAAS 2008 edition

... New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands are using satellite transmitter technology to track the endangered ... of debris, direct harvest, and habitat loss. satellite tracking technology is one tool allowing NOAA ... on Global Marine Ecosystems John Leslie, NOAA satellite and Information Services, 301-713-2087 ext 174 ...

NASA data link pollution to rainy summer days in the southeast

... WASHINGTON - Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern ... than from Saturday through Monday. Newly analyzed satellite data show that summer 2007 echoed the midweek ... for summertime storms are in place. Based on satellite data, afternoon rainfall peaked on Tuesdays, with ...

New radar satellite technique sheds light on ocean current dynamics

... as police speed-measuring radar guns to satellite radar data, scientists can now obtain information ... is introduced by the relative motion between the satellite platform, the rotation of the Earth and the ... particularly for Envisat, with its very stable satellite orbit and attitude and can be simply subtracted ...