The encapsulated payload stack with Landsat 9 is transported from the Integrated Processing Facility (IPF) to Space Launch Complex (SLC)-3 for hoisting aboard the Atlas V. Photo by United Launch Alliance. It’s well-known that NASA leads the development and launch of each Landsat satellite, and that USGS builds and manages the ground system and operates…
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– Global Forest Monitoring using Satellite Imagery and Artificial Intelligence ARTES Programme: Business Applications Activity: Kick-start Activity Thematic Areas: Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources Space Assets: Earth Observation The ForestAI project uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Earth Observation (EO) to provide an advanced forest monitoring solution globally. The service offers customers in the forestry domain…
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– SOC Recommended Farming Practices detection ARTES Programme: Business Applications Activity: Kick-start Activity Thematic Areas: Food & Agriculture Space Assets: Earth Observation This Kick-Start Activity creates several satellite-based models that could be used to track Recommended Farming Practices (RFP) for carbon sequestration at a sub-field level (10m, based on Sentinel 1 & 2 data), and…
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Posted by NASA on September 20, 2021 Landsat 9 is scheduled to launch at 2:11 p.m. EDT (11:11 a.m. PDT) Monday, Sept. 27, on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Live launch coverage will begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT (10:30…
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This webinar will use Sentinel-2 data to estimate the value of forest above-ground biomass in a forest area in Ethiopia. As a reference dataset it will use the publicly available database produced by the ESA Biomass Climate Change Initiative (BCCI), for the year 2017. Processing of the image will be done using a combination of…
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“Space for our Planet” exhibition will be inaugurated at the Esplanade of the European Parliament on 28 Sep (13.30-14.30)! This is an outdoor event open to everyone: https://www.space4ourplanet.org/ ‘Space4OurPlanet’ examines the key role of space technologies in the transition towards a sustainable planet whilst also showing how younger generations are empowered and involved in…
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EO and AI for Forestry This course is dedicated to training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists and experts working in forestry domain to exploit data from EO missions (e.g. the Copernicus Sentinels) and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for science and applications development. The training will include theory and hands-on sessions on…
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For Landsat Collection 2, users are encouraged to use the new LandsatLook 2.0 tool. The new tool allows rapid online visualization and access to the Landsat archive. It also enables users to create dynamic custom mosaics using three band combinations, to select spectral indices, and to perform quality assessment band filtering. Landsat Collection 1,…
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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 European regions to better preserve and grow Europe’s forests on 23rd September 10-11 am. Impulse statement by Member of European Parliament Mauri Pekkarinen.…
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Posted by United Launch Alliance on September 16, 2021 The encapsulated payload stack with Landsat 9 is transported from the Integrated Processing Facility (IPF) to Space Launch Complex (SLC)-3 for hoisting aboard the Atlas V. Photo by United Launch Alliance Yesterday, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the encapsulated payload stack was transported from the…
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