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Lockheed Martin Contract To Support Long-Range Surveillance Radars In The Amazon
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Lockheed Martin has received a $1.6 million contract from the Brazilian Air Force to support six of its TPS-77 - known in Brazil as the TPS-B34 - long range air surveillance radars currently monitoring airspace in the Amazon region. Since their installation between 2000 and 2005, the Lockheed Martin-manufactured radars have been an integral part of the Brazilian Integrated Air Traffic Cont ... more Satellites Show How Earth Moved During Italy Quake
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 20, 2009Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that shook the medieval town of L'Aquila in central Italy on 6 April 2009. Scientists from Italy's Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell' Ambiente (IREA-CNR) and the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisic ... more PSLV Launches RISAT-2 And ANUSAT Satellites
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009In its fifteenth mission carried out from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C12) successfully placed two satellites - RISAT-2 and ANUSAT - in the desired orbit. RISAT-2 is a Radar Imaging Satellite with the capability to take images of the earth during day and night as well as cloudy conditions. At the time of launch ... more India Launches Spy Satellite
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009Giving a big boost to its defence surveillance capabilities, India on Monday successfully launched an all-weather Israeli-built spy satellite that will help security agencies keep a vigil on the country's borders. Indian space agency ISRO's workhorse, PSLV-C12 rocket soared majestically into a clear sky at 6.45 am from the spaecport here and placed its first Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT2 ... more RISAT2 Can See Through Thick Clouds
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Apr 21, 2009India's newest eye in the sky, Radar Imaging Satellite-II (RISAT2), the first spy satellite launched from the spaceport here on Monday, has the capability to maintain vigil on the country's borders even at night and through clouds. The satellite, built with Israeli cooperation, enhances significantly India's capabilities in earth observation as it can track minute movements on land, source ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2009SELEX Galileo is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $9.2M contract from TKC Aerospace to upgrade the Customs and Border Protection C-550 Citation Tracker Aircraft with its Vixen 500E intercept radar and associated mission management system. This contract is for the first two radars and mission management systems, with options for additional systems to upgrade the remainder of ... more RISAT Is A Home Grown Satellite
Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 30, 2009The Indian Space Research Organisation has asserted that the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), expected to be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota spaceport next month, is not an Israeli one. Denying reports in a section of the press that RISAT is from Israel, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said it is an Indian spacecraft. Asked if RISAT is an Israeli satelli ... more 15 Years Of Satellite Data Over Mt. Etna
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 30, 2009Using radar images acquired by ESA satellites from 1992 to 2006, scientists have for the first time been able to monitor the long-term behaviour of Mt. Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano. This unprecedented time series of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations from ESA's ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat satellites provided crucial information for understanding how the volcano's su ... more India Set To Launch Imaging Satellite With Israeli Support
Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 23, 2009India is all set to launch a radar imaging satellite (RISAT) built with "substantial inputs" from the Israel aerospace industry from Sriharikota spaceport, an ISRO official said. Israel has supplied Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which is in fact "heart" of the 1780-kg remote sensing satellite, the official told PTI on condition of anonymity. "Israel has supplied substantial systems," the ... more Infoterra To Map And Classify Oil Slicks Over Baffin Bay Greenland
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 23, 2009Infoterra has been appointed to undertake an oil slick mapping and interpretation project over Baffin Bay for Nunaoil, the National Oil Company of Greenland. This project will begin in July and extend through to October, with the acquisition of approximately 480 radar satellite images over the 240,000 km2 area. Infoterra's team of experts will characterise and rank all oil slicks as ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 China's Sea Lion radar can search for more than 100 targets at once and track 50 of them at the same time. Its search range for combat aircraft appears to be around 500 to 550 kilometers (300 to 330 miles). The design requirements for both Russian and Japanese phased array radar systems are such that even if 10 percent of the elements are lost, the radar system can continue to function ... more Scientists see earthquake surface healing
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Mar 5, 2009 U.S. space agency scientists say they've used satellite data to observe, for the first time, the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurred at Bam, Iran, in 2003 on a buried fault and killed more than 30,000 people. National Aeronautics and Space Administration geophysicist Eric Fielding and colleagues analyzed radar images ... more Scientists Expose Buried Fault That Caused Deadly 2003 Quake
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists have observed, for the first time, the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake that occurred on a "buried" fault several miles below the surface-a fault whose fractures are not easily observed at Earth's surface. Reporting in of Nature, geophysicist Eric Fielding of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Cali ... more Outside View: Radar shield at risk
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Mar 3, 2009 "Do you think those U.S. Navy warships are out there on vacation?" one Saudi leader was said to have asked Iranian ruler Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a recent crisis. Aircraft carriers and surface ships do a lot for U.S. diplomacy just by showing up. But there's a complication on the horizon. Cruise missile attack is a growing risk. The U.S. Navy had a good plan to offset that, but it's drifting ... more Upgraded COBRA DANE Radar Transferred To USAF
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has announced the transfer of the COBRA DANE radar located at Shemya, Alaska, from MDA to the U.S. Air Force. The upgraded COBRA DANE became available for ballistic missile defense operations in 2004, and is the first missile defense capability MDA has transferred to the Air Force. For decades COBRA DANE has supported intelligence data collection on ... more
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