Space Products and Services
Energy, Resources, and Environmental Management
Monitoring Pipelines from Space
Pipeline leaks are harmful to the environment, costly to repair, and can lead to serious... Pipeline leaks are harmful to the environment, costly to repair, and can lead to serious…
Shark Conservation
Every year, ## million sharks are killed, primarily for their fins as an ingredient in shark fin soup. This drive for shark fins by fishermen has put more than ##…
Carbon Capture for Fuel Creation
Inhabitants on the International Space Station (ISS) have long relied on technology to keep them breathing safely. Each human aboard the ISS exhales an average of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds)…
More Than Two Million Served Every Week
Europe’s Copernicus remote sensing constellation creates a lot of data as its satellites gaze down on the Earth. The data set, which is publicly available, is very ... [caption id="attachment_4089"…
GPS Radiowaves Are Enhancing Weather Prediction
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pilot program may enhance weather prediction efforts. The administration’s Commercial Weather Data Pilot program takes... A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pilot…
Commercial Space-Based Monitoring of Industrial Emissions
A satellite the size of a cinder block is measuring carbon dioxide and methane released from dams, landfills, power plants, farming and more. GHGSat-D (Greenhouse Gas Satellite Demonstrator—also... A satellite…
Coffee Needs a Watchful Eye
In 2012, Guatemala’s coffee crops were ravaged by a coffee rust fungus. The rust spread across Central America, accounting for more than $## billion in... In 2012, Guatemala’s coffee crops…
Analyzing Water Quality and Oxygen Levels from Space
The European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A land and vegetation monitoring satellite is providing data for another mission in tandem with other agencies. Sentinel-2A carries a sensor payload that can detect and…
Many Eyes Make Short Work of Rain Forest Monitoring
Gamers using satellite data are helping in the fight against illegal logging. Open satellite Earth observation data, PNT data, and online crowdsourcing are part of a proposed European Space Agency…
Automated Analysis of Crop Yields
Companies are beginning to use better automated data analysis tools for satellite-generated data. A commercial data analysis company, Descartes Labs, is offering an alternative approach that may be more efficient.…