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New-Generation of Sun Tracker Improves Efficiency of Photovoltaic Power Plant

Optimum Tracker, a company specializing in the design, production and installation of solar trackers at large photovoltaic power plants, has just filed three patents on its innovative application Opti-SkyControl®. The system analyses cloud cover in real time and adjusts tracker angles to maximize output when sunlight is diffuse.

12 Jul 2016

Gravity Gradiometry Sensor Helps Finding Gas, Minerals and Oil below Earth's Surface

Neos Inc. plans to create a state-of-the-art gravity gradiometry sensor to detect gas, minerals and oil present below the earth's surface, and this new sensor will be 20 times more powerful than existing technology.

8 Jul 2016

Ultra-Precise Sensing Technology Could Benefit Environmental Hydrology Sectors

University of Queensland has carried out a new research on quantum technology that would benefit the minerals exploration, navigation, mining, and environmental hydrology sectors.

13 Jun 2016

Researchers Move One Step Closer to Developing Functional Earthquake Early Warning System

The West Coast moved a step closer to a functional earthquake early warning system today, with the White House announcing plans to expand technology developed by UC Berkeley, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey from a demonstration to a prototype system.

3 Feb 2016

Raytheon Wins $564 Million NASA Contract for Joint Polar Satellite System Sensors

Raytheon Company has received a $564 million contract modification award from NASA for two satellite sensors as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar Follow-On missions.

From Raytheon Company 30 Jan 2016

Pasternack’s Rackmount Variable Gain RF Amplifier for Lab Use and Test and Measurement Applications

Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a brand new rackmount variable gain RF amplifier with performance from 100 MHz to 18 GHz. This 19-inch rack mounted RF amplifier is designed for lab use and various test and measurement applications. Normally this type of test equipment commands long lead-times for delivery often exceeding several months; however, Pasternack has made this product available from stock for immediate shipment.

20 Jan 2016

Smaller Next Generation Environmental Monitoring Satellites for TEMPEST-D Project

A typical environmental monitoring satellite is a big deal, literally. These satellites contain thousands of kilograms of remote sensing equipment, hurtling through space, making critical observations.

17 Dec 2015

ViviSat Granted License to Provide Space Based Remote Sensing

ViviSat LLC announced today that the Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the Department of Commerce, has granted ViviSat a license to provide space based remote sensing on up to 10 of its Mission Extension Vehicles (MEVs).

25 Nov 2015

NASA Collaborating with Quadra Pi R2E for FireSat Network of Space-Based Sensors

Wildfires can wreak havoc on human health, property and communities, so it's imperative to detect them as early as possible. That's why NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is working on a concept for a network of space-based sensors called FireSat in collaboration with Quadra Pi R2E, San Francisco.

21 Nov 2015

Degrading Satellite Sensors Responsible for Decline in Reflectivity of Arctic Snow

For millennia, Greenland's ice sheet reflected sunlight back into space, but satellite measurements in recent years suggest the bright surface is darkening, causing solar heat to be absorbed and surface melting to accelerate. Some studies suggest this "dirty ice" or "dark snow" is caused by fallout from fossil fuel pollution and forest fires.

2 Nov 2015

Earth Science and Sensing News

New-Generation of Sun Tracker Improves Efficiency of Photovoltaic Power Plant

Gravity Gradiometry Sensor Helps Finding Gas, Minerals and Oil below Earth's Surface

Ultra-Precise Sensing Technology Could Benefit Environmental Hydrology Sectors

Researchers Move One Step Closer to Developing Functional Earthquake Early Warning System

Raytheon Wins $564 Million NASA Contract for Joint Polar Satellite System Sensors

Pasternack’s Rackmount Variable Gain RF Amplifier for Lab Use and Test and Measurement Applications

Smaller Next Generation Environmental Monitoring Satellites for TEMPEST-D Project

ViviSat Granted License to Provide Space Based Remote Sensing

NASA Collaborating with Quadra Pi R2E for FireSat Network of Space-Based Sensors

Degrading Satellite Sensors Responsible for Decline in Reflectivity of Arctic Snow

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