Focus: Imagery and Sensing
June 15, 2018
Harris Corporation has delivered an environmental monitoring sensor for the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2 (GOSAT-2), which will significantly enhance Japan’s ability to monitor greenhouse gases from space. The Harris-built Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observation-Fourier Transform Spectrometer-2 (TANSO-FTS-2) will measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The newly built instrument will collect high-spectral resolution…
June 15, 2018
Geospatial analytics provider Orbital Insight has signed an exclusive agreement to bundle its products with the Emergency Flood Mapping Services of e-Geos for the U.S. government. This partnership provides government customers with a timely understanding of both full flood extent, extracted from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data, and the magnitude of the impact, based…
June 15, 2018
Spatial analytics provider Esri and DigitalGlobe have created a story map of high-resolution imagery that visualizes the 12 venues being used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, exclusive to The Associated Press. This will be the first time these images have ever been seen. DigitalGlobe imagery is available through ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World,…
June 14, 2018
SSL has selected SolAero Technologies, a provider of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and composite structural products for satellite and aerospace applications, for the design, manufacture and testing of solar array panels. The solar panels will be manufactured in SolAero's production facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The panels will be populated with SolAero's 32 percent…