3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (548+ words) As this article is published at 9:00 am ET, the first EarthDaily satellite, EDC-01, is in low Earth orbit at approximately Lat -17.289, Long -15.741, following its path around the planet. It is no longer a model or a prototype, but the beginning…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (482+ words) The discussion around lost observing time also benefits from a more nuanced framing. A streaked image is not automatically a useless one, and many observations remain scientifically valuable despite such artifacts. What ultimately matters is whether the science can still…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (62+ words) Eric von Eckartsberg'SpaceNews Eric von Eckartsberg is Chief Revenue Officer at EarthDaily. He works closely with enterprise, government and commercial users focused on turning Earth observation data into operational capabilities. For more than a decade, the Earth observation industry has…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago  (219+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " Weather intelligence startup Tomorrow.io unveiled DeepSky, a satellite constellation designed to refine atmospheric forecasts by gathering the vast quantities of data needed to feed artificial intelligence models. DeepSky, a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation, will be "a quantum…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (689+ words) PHOENIX " As preparations continue for a mission to raise the orbit of NASA's Swift astrophysics spacecraft, project officials are also pursuing steps to extend the satellite's operational life in case of delays. NASA awarded a contract in September to satellite-servicing…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (574+ words) BERLIN " A Falcon 9 launched a joint U.S.-European satellite to monitor sea levels Nov. 17, extending a record of measurements that dates back more than three decades. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:21 a.m. Eastern. The rocket's…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (713+ words) But as someone who's followed these technologies closely, I believe the real revolution won't come from sharper satellite imagery " it will come from what we choose to do with what it reveals. Every pixel now carries a moral weight. If…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (701+ words) WASHINGTON " A company developing stratospheric platforms for telecommunications and related applications has won a NASA award to use that platform for environmental monitoring. New Mexico-based Sceye announced Nov. 6 that it, along with remote sensing company Spectral Sciences, Inc., received a…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (565+ words) AUCKLAND, New Zealand " Planet has announced a new class of imaging satellites that will replace a line of spacecraft dating back to the company's earliest days. Will Marshall, co-founder and chief executive of Planet, wrote in an Oct. 7 blog post…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (255+ words) WASHINGTON " Maxar Intelligence released a new mapping product developed with Ecopia AI that converts satellite imagery into detailed 2D and 3D maps. The product, called Vivid Features, combines Maxar's satellite imagery archive with Ecopia's artificial intelligence software to automatically identify and outline…...