Space Products and Services
Energy, Resources, and Environmental Management
Space Products and Services – TSR 2017
Space Products and Services - TSR 2017 explores some of the ways in which space products and services have enriched the lives and businesses of everyday people, using Earth observation…
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.…
Herding Cattle from Space
Ranchers and space technology work together to herd cattle. Fences have historically been used to declare land ownership. For livestock farming and ranching, fences also serve the purpose of containing…
Space Products and Services – TSR 2016
Space Products and Services - TSR 2016 explores some of the ways in which space products and services have enriched the lives and businesses of everyday people, using Earth observation…
Understanding Droughts and Floods through GRACE
Water—either too much or not enough of it—can pose very different challenges to residents of certain regions in the world. There are satellites that measure the amount of water within…
Satellites Help Find Treasured Trash
Satellite imagery continues to be used in surprising ways. One startup, Terra Recovery, is using satellite remote sensing technology in tandem with flying drones to find mining opportunities in the…
European Radar Satellite Helps with California Quake
The August 2014 earthquake in Napa Valley, California prompted organizations from very different backgrounds to provide space-sourced data to the affected communities. The European Space Agency (ESA), the United States…
Exploring the Use of Space Resources
As the space infrastructure continues to grow, it is possible to expand the sphere of economically useful resources into space and neighboring planetary bodies. NASA, ESA, and the Japanese Aerospace…