Ecometrica Platform to help share NASA Earth data

February 28, 2020

Under a contract with the University of Maryland, Ecometrica, a sustainability and space data company, will be helping […]

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The MQ-9 Reaper drone. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Paul Ridgeway)

Report: DoD drone spoofed GPS on small aircraft

February 12, 2020

A small aircraft’s encounter with a likely military drone near Edwards Air Force Base resulted in navigation failure, […]

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Closeup of fires at Honesuckle Point south of Eden. (9atellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies)

Visualizing the Australian bushfires through satellites and maps

January 13, 2020

The months-long wildfires raging in Australia have killed at least 25 people. Millions — possibly 1 billion — […]

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The effects of space weather on critical Earth systems. (Image: NASA)

Space weather research the focus of US House bill

January 10, 2020

The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology has approved legislation to coordinate federal government space weather […]

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Autonomous ocean flux buoys integrate SBG Systems’ miniature inertial sensors. (Photo: SBG Systems)

Hot, cold, high, low: GNSS and INS perform under pressure

November 19, 2019

GNSS and inertial navigation sensors are meeting the challenges of extreme conditions, from freezing Arctic ice to the […]

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Image: GPS World

Webinar talks GNSS final frontier — space

November 11, 2019

A free GPS World webinar on Nov. 21 tackles a new frontier, if not the final one, for […]

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Credit: Joseph C. Grabowski

New Soar platform gives public real-time views of world events

October 25, 2019

Satellite imagery company Soar is now allowing public access to its satellites that provide near-real time imagery all across […]

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A solar flare in 2015. (Photo: Photo: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA)

A day without satellites would affect us all

October 7, 2019

You wake up and turn on the TV. Your usual shows aren’t airing. You flip on the radio […]

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