EARTH OBSERVATION

2021-04-22 – We’re paying tribute to all those who have put their skills and creativity to good use in the field of space-based Earth observation. Satellites orbiting our planet help us better see and understand Earth in order to better protect it. Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA, Communications Research Centre Canada, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Maxar Technologies Ltd., MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), University of Saskatchewan, Bristol Aerospace Useful Links Satellites in our everyday lives: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/everyday-lives/default.asp Find out more about this video: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_grzoq3pp

Earth science is an important priority for NASA. To understand our planet’s climate and how it is changing we need to study the Earth from all angles. In the latest episode of #EZScience, NASA associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen and Smithsonian Under Secretary for Science and Research Dr. Ellen Stofan discuss NASA’s Earth observation satellites, including the recently-launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite. Learn more about the series: https://www.nasa.gov/ezscience #S2E4

NASA Langley scientist Patrick Taylor talks about the ways changes to Arctic climate can have ripple effects around the world.

NASA Langley scientist Kristopher Bedka talks about his research efforts to better measure hailstorm risk and damage.

NASA Langley scientist Laura Judd looks at how she and other NASA researchers are contributing to the study of air quality in the U.S.

The ESA's role in Earth monitoring from space and a comprehensive overview of the results covering our atmosphere, seas, lands, earthquakes -and the dramatic results of climate change. Speaker: Tommaso Parrinello Tommaso Parrinello has a degree in Physics from the University of Pavia and a PhD in Remote Sensing from the University of Dundee, and more than 20 years experience at the ESA, where he started as Spacecraft Operations Engineer. As Mission Manager, Parrinello heads the exploitation phase of ESA's Earth Explorers CryoSat-2 and Aeolus, supervising all routine satellite and ground segment operation, leading the relation with international scientific community to ensure close collaboration with ESA. This event was held on 2/3/21.

The launch of Sputnik, humankind’s first satellite, in 1957 marked the dawn of a new era for the people of the 'Pale Blue Dot'. Decades later, our planet is now surrounded by spacecraft carrying out extraordinary work to study our changing climate, save lives following disasters, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questions. But these satellites are at risk. Accidental collisions between objects in space can produce huge clouds of fast-moving debris. These clouds can spread and damage additional satellites with cascading effect, eventually making the most useful orbits around Earth no longer safe for spacecraft or people. Satellites today have to carry out collision avoidance manoeuvres to avoid possible impact with debris. These are costly, and hundreds of collision avoidance alerts are already issued every week. [add para space} And this is nothing compared to what is coming. Several companies have begun to launch mega-constellations into low-Earth orbit to provide global internet access. They have great benefits, but could be a source of huge disruption if we do not change our behaviour. Our current methods for avoiding collisions in space will become inadequate in just a few years – and even compliance with space debris mitigation guidelines may no longer be enough. It’s time to act. ESA is developing technologies for an automated collision avoidance system, as well as methods for refuelling, repairing and upgrading satellites in orbit, extending the lifetime of missions and potentially reducing the number of new satellites that need to be launched. ESA is also working on debris removal missions that will fly up to dead spacecraft and debris objects, capture them and move them to safety – either by sending them down to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere or up into ‘graveyard orbits’. By reaching into space, we have brought huge benefits down to Earth, providing technologies that enrich our societies, connect people in previously unimaginable ways and give us an incredible perspective and understanding of our planet. We know what will happen if we continue on our current path, but we also know exactly what we need to do to change that fate and ensure humankind's access to space is guaranteed for future generations. Find out more: https://space-debris-conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/ This video is also available in: French: https://youtu.be/8MLu6CgfTe0 German: https://youtu.be/Fbg9S9og-u8 ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #TimeToAct #SpaceDebris

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Cape Canaveral, USA, in a region known as the Space Coast, in this edition of the Earth from Space programme. From here, on 22 April 2021, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is planned to return to the International Space Station for his second mission, Alpha. Download the image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/04/Space_Coast_Florida ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #EarthFromSpace #SpaceCoast

Colorful bursts of energy above thunderstorms called transient luminous events can be observed from the International Space Station. Instruments on the station are helping scientists study these particle outbursts, which may prove useful to better understand our climate, weather, and the behaviors of storms. Space Station Research & Tech: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

On the fourth anniversary of its first-light measurements, we are taking a look at some of the critical data collected by NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) aboard the International Space Station. Launched to the station in February 2017, SAGE III is the most recent in a series of SAGE instruments that have measured stratospheric gases and aerosols from space. The SAGE family of instruments started in 1979 and is one of NASA’s longest-running Earth-observing programs. Allison McMahon (SSAI): Producer Haley Reed (ADNET): Producer David Flittner (NASA/LaRC): Scientist Marilee Roell (NASA/LaRC): Scientist Jamie Nehrir (NASA/LaRC): Engineer Kevin Leavor (SSAI): Scientist NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, takes us over Lusaka – the capital and largest city of Zambia, in this edition of the Earth from Space programme. Download the image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/02/Lusaka_Zambia ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #EarthFromSpace #Lusaka

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, in this edition of the Earth from Space programme. Download the image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/01/Sardinia_Italy ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #EarthFromSpace #Sardinia

For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-12-06/China-launches-new-Earth-observation-satellite-W0fS704W1q/index.html China successfully launched another Earth-observation satellite, Gaofen-14 on Sunday. The new satellite, launched atop a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 11:58 a.m. from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, can take high-resolution pictures of ground objects across the globe. This launch is the 354th flight of the Long March carrier rocket series. Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://goo.gl/lP12gA Download our APP on Apple Store (iOS): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cctvnews-app/id922456579?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 Download our APP on Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imib.cctv

The world's latest Earth-observing satellite, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, is set for launch on Nov. 21 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Tune in live on Fri., Nov, 20 at 3:30 p.m EST (8:30 p.m. UTC) to learn about the science of this U.S-European mission, which will closely monitor sea level and provide atmospheric data to support weather forecasting and climate models. Hear from experts including project scientists and oceanographers at NASA, the European Space Agency, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Washington.

The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the next in a line of Earth-observing satellites that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea level and how it changes over time. It is the product of a partnership between NASA and ESA, who have joined forces for the first time on an Earth mission. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will join a long-standing family of Earth observing satellites from NASA and European partners including EUMETSAT and the French space agency CNES. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is part of the Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission, a collaboration among NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base no earlier than Nov. 21, 2020. For more information on the Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission, go to https://www.nasa.gov/sentinel-6 Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech/NOAA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Tarawa Atoll in the Republic of Kiribati – a remote Pacific nation threatened by rising seas, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme. Download the image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/09/Tarawa_Kiribati ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

The Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, will soon be shipped from Airbus, in Madrid, to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana - where it will be prepared for launch later this year on a Vega rocket. The Earth-observing satellite carries a state-of-the-art dual camera that can image Earth’s land with a resolution of 2.5 m. The mission will benefit society through numerous disciplines such as cartography, agriculture, forestry, urban development and water management. With its capability to look sideways, it can access any point on Earth within three days, and will be used to help map natural disasters such as floods, wildfires and earthquakes – as well as help with one of humankind’s biggest challenges: understanding and responding to climate change. While SEOSAT–Ingenio is a Spanish national mission, it is the result of an international collaborative effort. The mission is funded by Spain’s Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, but developed by ESA in the context of the European Earth Observation Architecture. Learn more: https://bit.ly/Seosat-Ingenio ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us with this false-colour image over part of the Andes mountains, in southern Peru, in this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme. Download the image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/06/Peruvian_Andes ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #EarthfromSpace #Peru

With an intent to have consultation and engagement with larger section of leadership across commercial industry, government institutions, and civil society, Geospatial Media in partnership with World Geospatial Industry Council is organizing a virtual summit on ‘Geospatial and Earth Observation Industrial Development Strategy for India’ Agenda 16:00-16:15 Opening Keynote Address Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, India 16:15-16:50 - Geospatial Infrastructure Development through Public-Private Partnership Moderator Sanjay Kumar, Founder & CEO, Geospatial Media and Communications and Secretary General and CEO, World Geospatial Industry Council, India Panelists A S Kiran Kumar, Member Space Commission, Government of India, India Lt. General Girish Kumar VSM, Surveyor General, Survey of India, India Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder & Executive Chairman, Cyient Ltd., India K.K Singh, Founder & Chairman, Rolta India Ltd., India 16:50-17:20 - Geospatial and Satellite Data Sharing Policy –Commercialisation and Scalability of Geospatial Value in Indian Economy and Society Moderator A. S. Kiran Kumar, Member Space Commission, Government of India, India Panelists Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Head Policy Research Cell & Advisor, Department of Science and Technology, India G. Narayanan, Chairman - Managing Director, New Space India Ltd., India Rakesh Verma, Chairman and Managing Director, MapmyIndia and Chair FICCI Geospatial Committee, India Agendra Kumar, President, ESRI India & Sr. Vice President, Association of Geospatial Industries, India 17:20-17:30 - Break 17:30-18:00 - Geospatial Strategies and Commercialisation Policies: Global Trends Moderator Rob van de Velde, Director – Geonovum, The Netherlands Panelists Boon Khai Tan, Chief Executive, Singapore Land Authority, Singapore Thalia Baldwin, Director, Geospatial Commission, United Kingdom 18:00-18:30 - India as Destination for Geospatial Business: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Companies Moderator Rajesh Mathur, Advisor, FICCI Committee on Geospatial Technologies, India Panelists Stanimira Koleva, Senior Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific, HERE Technologies, Singapore Rajan, Aiyer, Vice President and Managing Director, Trimble, South Asia Madhav Ragam, Vice President & Managing Director – Asia Pacific, Maxar Technologies, Singapore 18:30-19:00 - Exclusive Conversation with Ola Rollen, President & CEO, Hexagon AB, Sweden

Tropical Storm Bertha has formed off the coast of South Carolina and its impact on the seas off Florida may impact the SpaceX Demo-2 launch on May 27, 2020. The storm was captured by NOAA’s GOES-East satellite on May 26-27. -- SpaceX's historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut launch: Full coverage: https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-test-flight-explained.html Credit: Space.com / satellite footage: CIRA/NOAA / produced & edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)