http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:12:06 EST The airline industry is a major economic driver around the globe, but the system is reaching the limits of its capacity. How will the satellite industry play a key role in keeping airlines flying and the... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/24224.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program. A recently published report on European Union-funding shows a... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/23878.html Fri, 1 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-29-08] The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is making all archived Landsat imagery available on the Internet for free, the agency announced April 28.     By February, users will be able to access any Landsat scene held in the USGS-managed national archive of global... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/22841.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 4-21-08] The European Space Agency (ESA) is prepared to take the lead in Earth observation after awarding a pair of satellites for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program, ESA’s director of Earth observation said.     The agency awarded... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/22788.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 3-18-08] The deadline for proposals to build the spacecraft for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R) program passed March 11, with Northrop Grumman, Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin submitting bids to build the environmental monitoring spacecraft... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/22473.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News – 1-15-08] With the announcement that the WorldView-1 imaging satellite has reached full operating capability, DigitalGlobe's capacity has been increased five fold, and the company's biggest problem with its previous satellite has been solved, said Chuck Herring, a DigitalGlobe... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/21922.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST [11-21-07 – Satellite News] The GeoEye Foundation has donated nine high-quality satellite images to wildlife conservation groups including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, to aid in gorilla preservation efforts.     The Foundation, a not-for-profit arm of GeoEye Inc., provides... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/19895.html Wed, 21 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST [10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co., Northrup Grumman Corp. and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO) turned over NPOESS command, control and communications segment to the operations and support... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/19343.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT [10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has renewed a contract with DMC International Imaging Ltd. for a third year of acquiring high-resolution satellite images of the Amazon rainforest, DMC announced Oct. 26.     The program, which... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/19320.html Mon, 29 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT [10-26-07 – Satellite Today]  Canada is ready to launch Radarsat-2 in December, the Canadian Space Agency announced Oct. 25. The satellite, scheduled to be launched Dec. 8 from the... http://www.viasatellite.com/civilspace/geolocation/19311.html Fri, 26 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT