Earth observation satellite

Many Star Wars fans probably thought they were dreaming when the European Space Agency published images of what looked like a TIE starfighter in space. Alas, it wasn’t the Empire, but rather glimpses of a decades-old Earth observation satellite making its return home.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe recent images of the satellite, known as the second European Remote Sensing satellite, or ERS-2, were taken by space tech company HEO using cameras onboard other satellites. ESA…

After 13 years of slow orbital decay, a legacy satellite will finally be put out of its misery by plunging through Earth’s atmosphere where it will burn up into tiny fragments.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe second European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-2, is scheduled for an atmospheric reentry in mid-February, ending a 16-year mission that revolutionized our understanding of climate change and how we observe Earth from space, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced…

There’s been plenty of conversation around using AI in writing and art, but researchers in China have evidently brought machine intelligence to spaceflight. An AI was allowed to control a satellite’s camera for a full day, during which time it took photos of different locations on Earth—and it chose targets for reasons that eluded the researchers. Maybe AI-Written Scripts are a Bad Idea?According to a report from the South China Morning Post, researchers controlled the Qimingxing 1 satellite with a ground-based AI…

The Earth Observation Satellite-06 launched by the ISRO on November 26 has started serving images. The Earth Observation Satellite-06 launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on November 26 has started serving images, the national space agency said on Wednesday. Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO shared on Twitter the first-day images received on Tuesday at National Remote Sensing Centre, Shadnagar, Telangana, covering the Himalayan region, Kutch region of Gujarat and the Arabian sea.  "They are captured by…

PSLV-C54 successfully placed the Earth Observation Satellite (Oceansat) and eight other customer satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, ISRO said. The India Space Research Organisation's trusted workhorse PSLV on Saturday successfully injected an Earth Observation Satellite and eight other co-passenger satellites in multiple orbits, calling the mission 'unique'. PSLV-C54 successfully placed the Earth Observation Satellite (Oceansat) and eight other customer satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, ISRO said.…