October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... capabilities, such as the now defunct Sentinel Satellite Project, but these have fallen short in ensuring that remote sensing data plays an important role in mitigating humanitarian crises. There are developments that may contribute to the use...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... slows its rotation rate, all of which we believe are important for the development of complex life. From remote sensing data - which are in turn grounded in studies of Apollo-era lunar samples - it has been determined that the Moon...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
...the Department of Telecommunications for ISRO. Similarly, EO data distribution to Indian users is performed by the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), an arm of ISRO dealing with remote sensing data reception, processing and dissemination to users...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
...of mapping and understanding Mars has been greatly aided by the extensive orbital remote sensing of the planet provided by a series of spacecraft dating back to the ... of Martian surface materials and working with orbital remote sensing data of Mars.
April 2021
Predicting dengue fever outbreaks from space
... spread of mosquito-borne diseases is only just emerging and by using remote sensing data this work makes a major contribution to this. In data-scarce countries like Vietnam, the use of EO data can make it possible to enhance the in-situ collection...
22 December 2015
First new 'ground truth' in 40 years as Chinese rover Yuto presents analysis of moon rocks
... over the moon’s interior, Yuto has helped to solve another mystery concerning olivine at Chang'e-3's landing site. Remote sensing data showed that the site was rich in olivine as well as titanium, but, as olivine usually crystallises early and...
