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As global climate change continues to spark international concern, satellite technology is providing experts with additional tools to better analyze and combat its effects.

Software designed for processing satellite pictures is now helping medical researchers to establish a simple method for wide-scale screening for Alzheimer’s disease.

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Thursday at 7:27 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission to study the solar atmosphere was placed in orbit by an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) for the flight of the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) payload under the sponsorship of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

Google unveiled a new batch of satellite imagery for its mapping products, which eliminates clouds and provides clearer images

After meeting and bonding at the NASA Ames facility in Mountain View, Calif., Chris Boshuizen, William Marshall and Robbie Schingler have unveiled their new CubeSat company, Planet Labs. The company plans to send 28 CubeSats into orbit in early 2014

ITT Exelis has received a $3.2 million contract from Ball Aerospace & Technologies to design an advanced receiver chain for the U.S. Air Force Weather Satellite Follow-on (WSF) program

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite, scheduled to launch on Wednesday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, has been delayed due to a power outage and a subsequent fire.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the country's first dedicated Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS 1A) on July 1, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

A year's worth of data led to NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite’s depiction of worldwide vegetation, providing insight to changes over time.