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April 28, 2025
NASA Announces Call for New Computing Approaches to Earth Science

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 28, 2025
In an open challenge, NASA is seeking innovative business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems using unconventional computing methods and is holding an informational webinar on Monday, April 28. The agency's Beyond the Algorithm Challenge, sponsored by NASA's Earth Science Technology Office, asks for proposals to more rapidly and accurately understand our home planet using transformative computing methods such as quantum computing, quantum machine learning, ... read more
USSF declares WSF-M weather satellite operational with initial capability milestone
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025
Space Systems Command's Weather System Follow-on - Microwave (WSF-M) satellite has officially achieved Operational Acceptance and Initial Operational Capability (IOC), Space Operations Command (SpOC ... more
Trump admin cuts 'mean more dirty air': advocacy group
Washington (AFP) April 23, 2025
The Trump administration's planned drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "mean more dirty air" across the United States, an advocacy group warned Wednesday. ... more
EarthDaily Prepares to Launch Advanced Change Detection Satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
EarthDaily Analytics has reached a pivotal milestone in its mission to transform Earth Observation capabilities. The company has completed integration and environmental testing of its first payload ... more
Weather satellite operational, completes fleet to forecast severe storms on Earth
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 8, 2025
The final piece of an advanced series of weather satellites officially began operating Tuesday to help provide better forecasts on Earth and in space, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ... more
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Hunga volcano eruption cooled, rather than warmed, the Southern Hemisphere
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025
When Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, an underwater volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, erupted in 2022, scientists expected that it would spew enough water vapor into the stratosphere to push global temperatures past the 1.5 C threshold set by the Paris Accords. ... more
ESA's mini weather mission exceeds expectations
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Launched just seven months ago, ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has quickly demonstrated how the fast-track New Space strategy can accelerate the delivery of missions that offer high-quality atmosphe ... more
New geointelligence tool streamlines land mapping and resource planning
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025
Researchers at the Tupa campus of Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) have introduced a new geospatial intelligence method designed to improve the speed and precision of land use monitoring and terri ... more
IRIDE satellite captures first high resolution image over Italy
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 30, 2025
The initial image from Italy's IRIDE Earth observation mission was unveiled today, depicting a high-detail strip of the Italian peninsula, including Rome, at a resolution of 2.66 meters. This marks ... more
Clouds and conspiracies: concerns over push to make rain
Paris (AFP) Mar 28, 2025
Can countries control the clouds? And should they? ... more
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Clouds changing as world warms, adding to climate uncertainty
Paris (AFP) Mar 28, 2025
People have always studied the skies to predict the weather, but recently scientists have noticed that clouds are changing on a global scale - posing one of the greatest challenges to understanding our warming world. ... more
Biomass satellite to lift off aboard Vega C in late April
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 26, 2025
On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST), Arianespace will launch ESA's Biomass Earth Explorer satellite aboard a Vega C rocket from Europe's Spaceport i ... more
Planet collaborates with ESA to advance Greek satellite services
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2025
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a key player in delivering daily Earth observation data, has entered a new agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to support Greece's National SmallSat Programme. ... more
Advancing satellite methods for mapping coastal seabeds
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 20, 2025
Researchers from Flinders University are pioneering cost-effective techniques for collecting essential coastal elevation data, known as bathymetry, by leveraging satellite technology to monitor envi ... more
Spire debuts AI weather forecasting models built with NVIDIA Omniverse Earth2 tech
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has introduced two state-of-the-art artificial intelligence weather models, AI-WX and AI-S2S, which utilize the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Earth-2 platform. These ... more
Pixxel satellites deliver groundbreaking hyperspectral imaging milestone

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025
Pixxel, a leader in hyperspectral imaging technology, has announced a major advancement in Earth observation as its trio of Firefly satellites has captured and transmitted their inaugural 'First Light' imagery. These images set a new benchmark, marking the highest-resolution hyperspectral images ever acquired from space. Following a flawless commissioning process, all three satellites are now fully operational. This accomplishment is a key milestone for Pixxel as it moves closer to providing next- ... read more
Sidus Space launches third LizzieSat satellite with enhanced onboard AI
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2025
Sidus Space has confirmed the successful launch and deployment of its LizzieSat-3 satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), reinforcing the company's growing multi-satellite network. This latest satelli ... more

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NASA's EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Electrojets
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2025
Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14. Taking off from Vandenberg ... more
NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits
Logan UT (SPX) Mar 17, 2025
Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission's first trove of scientific data, crucial t ... more
Greece rides a weather 'rollercoaster'
Athens (AFP) Mar 16, 2025
Greece is riding a weather "rollercoaster", with weekend temperatures spiking to a record high for March, just ahead of a forecast bout of snow and frost, meteorologists said on Sunday. ... more
ICEYE expands satellite fleet with latest launch and unveils advanced Gen4 imaging system
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2025
ICEYE, a global frontrunner in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite-based Earth Observation and disaster monitoring, has deployed four new satellites, each equipped with 25 cm resolution capabil ... more
NASA-ISRO Satellite to Track Crops from Sowing to Harvest
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
The NISAR satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to revolutionize agricultural monitoring by providing high-resolution data on crop ... more
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