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Sharper ocean color data: Community-developed processor helps reduce optical sensor uncertainty
A team of ocean optics experts, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, has evaluated the accuracy of above-water optical sensors, ...
New Biomass satellite will provide an unprecedented look at the planet's forests
The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says ...
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World’s First Mission To "Weigh" All Of Earth's Forests From Space Launches
“Our idea was to use a very special type of radar to map the world’s forests from space. The goal was to understand how ...
Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees
The satellite, named Biomass, launched with a rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, New Guinea, and separated from the ...
ESA launches Biomass satellite to map Earth's forests and measure carbon storage
Using a new radar technique, Biomass can 'see' through clouds and tree canopies down to the forest floor, where most ...
Biomass satellite launched to count forest carbon
ESA's Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world's forests and their crucial role in ...
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What the Amazon versus SpaceX Satellite Mega Constellation War Means for Earth
Amazon has launched its first operational Project Kuiper satellites in its attempt to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink—but ...
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Tool package to download and read Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 2nd, 3rd and 4th Generation (GOES-8 to GOES-19) and Gridded Satellite (GridSat-B1 and GridSat-GOES) imagery datasets ...
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ISRO ready for stellar summer as Shubhanshu Shukla prepares to go to ISS in May, world’s most expensive satellite set to map Earth in June
Following this historic trip, ISRO will launch NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the world’s most expensive Earth observation satellite, in June ... and demonstrate the Gaganyaan crew escape ...