E-letter: Curated Content

A combination of satellite image analysis and field visits to Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, show widespread damage to residential areas, civilian organization and cultural heritage, according to Amnesty International.

The ArduSat 1 and ArduSat 10 satellites, partly built in Australia, assembled by U.S.-based company NanoSatisfi, and funded by crowd-funding website KickStarter, are currently on board the Japanese cargo module HTV4, which launched from the Japanese island of Tanegashima on August 4.

Planners at the Pentagon are said to be concerned that costs of the future GPS 3 system could become unattainable, despite its major advances and the need to have updated spacecraft ready to replace the current satellites in orbit.

SkyTruth monitors environmental changes and provides satellite pictures and supporting data to environmental advocates, the media, and the public.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express has found evidence of the existence of water in Mars.

Thanks to a new partnership with Google, Starbucks customers will have access to faster Wi-Fi speeds.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has organized a committee to probe abnormalities on the country's advanced weather satellite, INSAT 3D, following its launch on July 26.

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will use satellite technology in its mission to review the country’s electoral boundaries and constituencies.

Turkey has approved construction of its first satellite-launching center to accommodate country’s growing satellite programs.

On July 17, 2013, as NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) orbited around Earth, the door of its telescope opened to view the lowest layers of the sun's atmosphere.