August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
...by a European Directive - the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD - 2008/56/EC), which requires European Union (EU)Member States to monitor the problem and ensure that “properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
... Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST), has launched the UAE Meteor Monitoring Network (UAEMMN) with a mission to monitor space debris in the UAE sky, enable universities to benefit from the network’s results to conduct...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
...-field telescope (40 cm in diameter) MASTER II was developed and produced, and this became the basis of the global monitoring network with sensitivity to apparent magnitudes 19-20, the fastest in the world. Double wide-field telescope MASTER II. The...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
...Satellites play a key role in supporting maritime operations as no other technology can provide communications and real-time monitoring in the most remote areas of the world’s oceans. The Galapagos Islands have an international ecological value where...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
...example, lightweight devices are being embedded into an increasingly diverse array of clothing providing full-body health monitoring and allowing for more sophisticated diagnostic capabilities. These garments are often referred to as sensory skin and...
04 April 2018
A storm hunter and space junk collector on its way to the ISS
... on the exterior of the European Space Agency (ESA) Columbus module, the storm-hunting Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (or ASIM for short) will search for high-altitude electrical discharges associated with stormy weather conditions...
