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05.16.2013 GPS IIF-4 Satellite Launch in Words and Pictures - STORIFY FEATURE
United Launch Alliance Launches 70th Successful Mission in 77 Months with the Launch of the GPS IIF-4 Satellite for the U.S. Air Force....
05.14.2013 Spain to Host New Galileo Satellite Service Center
Europe has inaugurated its newest Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) service center....
05.13.2013 Google, USGS, NASA and TIME Release 29 Years of Satellite Imagery in Timelapse Project
Tags: LandSat, USGS, NASA, Google, Satellite Imagery Publication: NBCNews.com Publication Date: 05/09/2013 To access the interactive map, click on the image. Google, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME have worked together to release an...
05.10.2013 Ball Aerospace-Built Radarsat-1 Concludes Mission, Outlives Expectations
The Radarsat-1 Earth observation satellite, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies for the Canadian government, has concluded its mission after serving the organization for more than 17 years – 12 years longer than its mission life....
04.30.2013 Azerbaijan to Obtain Satellite Imagery from Belarus
Belarus and Azerbaijan are working on signing a cooperation agreement under which Azerbaijan will be allowed to use information and images collected by BelKA-2, a Belarusian satellite launched in July 2012....
04.25.2013 Metop-B takes over prime operational service
[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] EUMETSAT announced the Metop-B has successfully replaced Metop-A as its prime operational polar-orbiting satellite following the end of its commissioning period...
04.24.2013 S. Korea’s Satrec Initiative and UAE’s EIAST Partner for DubaiSat-3 Program
[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Satrec Initiative (SI) of South Korea and the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) of United Arab Emirates have jointly announced the development program of the DubaiSat-3...
04.12.2013 STMicroelectronics Satellite-Tracking Chip Successfully Performs at Galileo System Test
STMicroelectronics has announced that its Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking ICs performed successfully in the first ground location test using Europe’s independent navigation system, Galileo....
04.09.2013 Radarsat-1 Unlikely to Recover from Anomaly
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has announced its oldest Earth observation satellite Radarsat-1 is unlikely to recover fully from an anomaly experienced on March 29....
03.06.2013 ISRO Plans Highest-Resolution Earth Observation Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning its next remote sensing satellite. The Cartosat-3 is expected to dethrone GeoEye-1 and take the highest resolution images of our planet....
02.27.2013 Astrium Seeks for Non-European Partner for its Next Earth Observation Satellite
Astrium is seeking for a partner to develop its new geostationary Earth observation satellite, the GO-3S....
02.21.2013 Landsat 5 Satellite Sets Guinness World Record
After almost three decades in orbit, the Landsat 5 satellite has set a new world record as the longest-operating Earth observation satellite....
02.21.2013 Singapore Poised to Develop Satellite and Space Technology Industry
Singapore has announced its intentions to develop its satellite and space technology industry....
02.20.2013 Brazil Hosts Russia’s Glonass Satellite Navigation System
[Satellite TODAY 02-20-13] Brazil has become the first country outside of Russia to host part of the Glonass satellite navigation system. The Brazilian Space Agency and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, will jointly operate the system, which has been...
02.11.2013 UK to Launch First Smartphone-Operated Satellite
The United Kingdom is getting ready to launch the world's first satellite run entirely using a mobile phone....
02.04.2013 DigitalGlobe, NGA EnhancedView Contract on Schedule
DigitalGlobehas announced that construction of its WorldView-3 satellite is on schedule. The company plans to complete the satellite in time for a mid-2014 launch in order to meet the requirements of its EnhancedView contract with the U.S. government....
01.10.2013 GeoEye Receives Government Imagery Order from India
[Satellite TODAY 01-10-13] DigitalGlobe subsidiary and imagery provider GeoEye has won a six-figure contract from the RITES Indian government enterprise agency to provide satellite imagery for a freight railway corridor development project, the company...
01.08.2013 Turkey’s First Observation Satellite Succesfully Transmits Images
Turkey’s first high-resolution optical observation satellite, Gokturk-2, has transmitted its first images....
12.27.2012 Earth Observation Satellite With Longest Operational Life to Retire
The longest-running Earth observation satellite, Landsat 5, is starting the retirement process....
12.19.2012 Turkey’s First Earth Observation Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit by China
According to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, the satellite was delivered into its correct orbit by a Long March 2D rocket....
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