Thursday, August 13th, 2015
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics estimates that global sea levels could rise far more quickly than expected: 10 feet within the next 50 years. The paper, now undergoing public review,...
Thursday, August 6th, 2015
China plans to launch its first commercial satellite remote sensing satellite in October. The Jilin-1 satellite constellation will have four satellites with different sensors, one for high-definition images, two for video and one for testing new space...
Thursday, July 16th, 2015
On 29 June, at the EU-China Summit, Vladimir Šucha, Director-General of the JRC and Professor Guo Huadong, Director-General of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (CAS-RADI) signed a new collaborative research...
Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
Beijing and Brussels approved last week a MOU (memorandum of understanding) for joint collaboration on satellite technology that could place both nations "at the forefront" to deliver vital information worldwide, as revealed by Belgian State Secretary of...
Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is slated to launch its heaviest commercial load on July 10, 2015, with a payload of five satellites made up of the DMC3 constellation of optical Earth-observation satellites as well as...
Sunday, July 5th, 2015
China’s air force dispatched a drone to the site of an earthquake in the far-western region of Xinjiang on Friday to help in monitoring work, the first time it has used an unmanned aircraft for such a...
Sunday, July 5th, 2015
Claims by Beijing to the disputed South China Sea will come under international legal scrutiny for the first time this week. While China has officially refused to take part in the case filed by the Philippines at...
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
China launched the Gaofen 8 satellite on June 26, 2015, from the Taiyuan space center in northern China. The high-resolution, optical Earth-observation satellite is part of the Gaofen family, with Gaofen 1 launching in 2013 and Gaofen...
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
A new study by scientists using data from NASA's QuikScat satellite has demonstrated a novel technique to quantify urban growth based on observed changes in physical infrastructure. The researchers used the technique to study the rapid urban...
Sunday, June 21st, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 19, 2015—East View (EV), known in the defense and intelligence circles as East View Information Services and East View Geospatial, has just completed its most recent Special Intelligence Report for the GEOINT conference in...
