Month: November 2021

It’s the final countdown for #myEUspace! Ready to submit?

We have many countdowns to look forward to this week, the first being the Galileo Launch 11 taking place 24 hours just before the #myEUSpace deadline! To help you put a final touch on your projects/ideas, here are the nuts and bolts of the “Space my Life” and “Dive in Quantum” challenges. The “Space my…
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Pecora 22 Calls for Special Session Abstracts

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will be held October 23 – 28, 2022 in Denver, Colorado, USA. Visit the Pecora 22 website for more details.  Continuous monitoring of the Earth involves the integration and analysis of both historical and contemporary remotely sensed imagery.  It occurs across spatial and temporal scales, measurement…
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EUSPA makes first appearance at General Assembly of the Copernicus networks

The 5th General Assembly of the Copernicus Academy and Relays Networks, organized by the European Commission, was the opportunity to reflect on the 2021 Earth Observation milestones and build the future of the Copernicus networks together. The EU Agency for the Space Programme was present for the first time to present its new mission and…
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Landsat 9 Serves as Backbone of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation

International partners and collaborators were interviewed on site at the launch of Landsat 9 about their use of Landsat data and their role in the program for Episode 61 of the USGS EROS podcast “Eyes on Earth.” Andres Espejo is a Senior Forest Carbon Specialist working for the World Bank’s Climate Change Group. His position…
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From Neon to Nebulas: Sound, Space and Students Come Together in Rare Public Opening of NSC

24 NOVEMBER 2021 — An out of this world exhibition, complete with a digital space launch, is due to take place at the National Space Centre (NSC) from 3 through 5 December. The secure facility outside Midleton is normally closed to be public, but will be hosting the launch as part of an art exhibit addressing the challenging issue of space waste. A limited number of tours…
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Upcoming changes to Landsat 7 and 8 CPF RSS filenames

The table below displays the new filenames of the Landsat 8 and Landsat 7 CPF RSS feeds as of December 1. Users are encouraged to update any automatic access scripts and/or bookmarks to ensure continued notifications.    Current Filename New Filename as of Dec 1, 2021 Landsat 8 Collection 2Collection 1 https://landsat.usgs.gov/c2/cpf.rss https://landsat.usgs.gov/cpf.rss  https://landsat.usgs.gov/c2/L8CPFRSS.rss https://landsat.usgs.gov/c1/L8CPFRSS.rss  Landsat 7 Collection 2Collection 1…
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EUSPA launches Research and Innovation (R&I) consultation on downstream applications

The EU Agency for the Space Programme, EUSPA, is gathering input from industry and academia to define new funding priorities in view of Horizon Europe. Building on the EGNSS R&I momentum gained through Horizon 2020, and to include Copernicus and GOVSATCOM, EUSPA launched today a survey to collect feedback from the industry and academia, in…
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Registration is open: Copernicus4regions webinar on innovating public policies on Thursday 9 December at 10.00-11.00 am

The Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies (NEREUS) in tandem with the European Commission and the European Space Agency is pleased to invite you to the Copernicus4regions webinar: How Copernicus helps Europe’s regions to innovate public administrations and the delivery of public policies.   You are strongly encouraged to register here (link)!   There will…
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RUS webinar: Drought monitoring with Sentinel-2

This webinar will show how to use Sentinel-2 optical data to monitor changes in surface water extent due to long-lasting drought in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. It will show how different Sentinel-2 derived water radiometric indices can be used to detect water bodies and monitor changes in their extent. The webinar will also show how…
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EUSPA and EASA join hands to bring instrument flying to general aviation with EGNOS

Small EU aerodromes and airfields used for recreational aviation can rely on EGNOS to become safer and more accessible. EUSPA, EASA, and the aviation industry joint effort yielded a second publication offering Safety Assessment Guidelines to General Aviation operators. General Aviation encompasses a wide range of aerial activities from private and recreational aviation to flight…
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