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October 9th, 2018
Satellite Spies Mediterranean SlickOn Oct. 7, 2018, a Tunisian cargo ship is reported to have struck the hull of a Cypriot container ship in waters north of the French island of Corsica. There were no casualties, but the collision caused a fuel leak that resulted in an oil slick about 20 kilometers long. Although the collision occurred in
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October 2nd, 2018
Sister Satellites, Briefly Separated, Working Together AgainCloudSat and CALIPSO, designed to complement each other in the 1990s, were launched together on the same rocket in 2006. Then they spent more than 10 years orbiting Earth in formation with a coterie of other satellites in what’s known as the A-Train (afternoon constellation). Flying together enables the A Train satellites to gather diverse
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September 25th, 2018
Mobile Mapping Market Worth $40 Billion by 2024According to a new research report by Global Market Insights Inc., the mobile mapping market is being propelled by the increasing adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets across the globe. Smartphone users are extensively using mapping applications on their devices for navigation and driving assistance. Furthermore, they also are leveraging GIS and
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September 18th, 2018
GRACE-FO Satellite Switching to Backup Instrument Processing UnitThe Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument (MWI) on one of the twin spacecraft. Following the switch-over, GRACE-FO is expected to quickly resume science data collection. A month after launching in May 2018, GRACE-FO produced its first preliminary gravity field map.
