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...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... surveillance capabilities. From 2015 on, commercial satellite Earth observation plays an important role too. Since remote sensing (data) from satellites is dual-use, there is no clear distinction between civil and military satellite surveillance...
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...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... for space and space-enabled industry SPL is opening in two phases. The first phase, focusing on downstream remote sensing data applications, opened on 1 July 2020 and several space and space-enabled businesses moved in during the weeks...
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.
