Just as we navigate our way around Earth's surface using the connection between our phones and navigation satellites high above us, our missions use the very same satellites to navigate their way in space.
In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over New York City – the most populous city in the United States.
See also New York City to download the image.
In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over New York City – the most populous city in the United States.
See also New York City to download the image.
Earlier this year, ESA launched a contest asking the general public to submit ideas on how Earth observation data can help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, one of the two winning ideas is being officially released to the public via the ‘Rapid Action on COVID-19 with Earth Observation’ dashboard – a joint initiative from ESA and the European Commission. This citizen-contributed indicator involves an innovative solution for detecting and quantifying the number of trucks using imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Earlier this year, ESA launched a contest asking the general public to submit ideas on how Earth observation data can help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, one of the two winning ideas is being officially released to the public via the ‘Rapid Action on COVID-19 with Earth Observation’ dashboard – a joint initiative from ESA and the European Commission. This citizen-contributed indicator involves an innovative solution for detecting and quantifying the number of trucks using imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Replay the livestream of ESA’s ɸ-week, which brought together leading scientists and entrepreneurs from all over the world to discuss and brainstorm scientific and technological opportunities brought by the concept of Digital Twin Earth.
Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38 [no-lexicon] PM [/no-lexicon] US East Coast time.
The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.
The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator. The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38 PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38 AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.
Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume.
The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.
Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
UPDATE: The launch planned on 1st October has been aborted, stay tuned for the new date.
Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38PM US East Coast time.
The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.
The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator. The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.
Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume.
The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.
Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38PM US East Coast time.
The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.
The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator. The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.
Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume.
The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.
Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
UPDATE: The launch is now scheduled for 2 October 2020, 9:16 EDT/ 3 October 3:16 CET.
Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38PM US East Coast time.
The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.
The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator. The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.
Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume.
The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.
Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
UPDATE: The launch planned on 1st October has been aborted, stay tuned for the new date.
Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38PM US East Coast time.
The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.
The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator. The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.
Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume.
The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.
Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
UPDATE: The launch planned on 1st October has been aborted, stay tuned for the new date.
Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38PM US East Coast time.
The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.
The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator. The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.
Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume.
The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.
Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Přesně 2645. Tolik lidových názvů přidali Liberečané do interaktivní mapy Živá jména. Mapa je součástí stejnojmenného projektu, který v září 2019 spustili Daniel Vrbík a Václav Lábus z Technické univerzity v Liberci. Úspěšný projekt nyní začíná svou druhou fázi. Jejím cílem je zjistit, která z nasbíraných jmen mají největší počet aktivních uživatelů. A i tentokrát se počítá s pomocí […]
The post Kulturák, nebo Rakev? Výzkum libereckých živých jmen pokračuje druhou fází appeared first on GISportal.cz.
Česká kartografická společnost v letošním roce uspořádala 22. ročník soutěže Mapa roku. Odborná komise na svém červnovém zasedání zhodnotila přihlášená kartografická díla vydaná na území České republiky v roce 2019 a určila nominace a vítěze v jednotlivých kategoriích. Vzhledem k tomu, že slavnostní vyhlášení výsledků se ruší, přinášíme Vám výsledky touto formou. Slavnostní vyhlášení výsledků soutěže mělo proběhnout ve […]
The post Výsledky soutěže Mapa roku 2019 appeared first on GISportal.cz.
Plánování stavby je komplikovaný a časově náročný proces pro všechny zúčastněné. Proto společnost Hrdlička přišla již před deseti lety se službou UtilityReport, která proces týkající se vyjádření k existenci sítí umožňuje vyřídit online pomocí jediného formuláře. Služba UtilityReport je průběžně vylepšována, proto v poslední době přibyla řada novinek, z nichž některé jsou již v provozu […]
The post UtilityReport přichází s dalšími novinkami appeared first on GeoBusiness.
Vážení klienti,
s účinností od 1.10.2020 došlo na všech pracovištích Katastrálního úřadu pro Pardubický kraj k instalaci Schránek pro příjem podání. Tyto schránky jsou určeny pro bezkontaktní podání návrhů na vklad a dalších písemností určených těmto pracovištím. Schránky jsou pravidelně vybírány, okamžikem podání je pak okamžik výběru schránky. Příjem podání bude potvrzen spolu s případným podkladem pro platbu správního poplatku na Vámi sdělenou e-mailovou adresu.
Vážení klienti,
s účinností od 1.10.2020 došlo na všech pracovištích Katastrálního úřadu pro Pardubický kraj k instalaci Schránek pro příjem podání. Tyto schránky jsou určeny pro bezkontaktní podání návrhů na vklad a dalších písemností určených těmto pracovištím. Schránky jsou pravidelně vybírány, okamžikem podání je pak okamžik výběru schránky. Příjem podání bude potvrzen spolu s případným podkladem pro platbu správního poplatku na Vámi sdělenou e-mailovou adresu. Schránky jsou přístupné v PO+ST: 8-17, ÚT+ČT: 8-14, PÁ:8-12.
Letošní Konference GIS Esri v ČR se vzhledem k aktuálním opatřením uskuteční výhradně virtuální formou. Přesto věříme, že se nám podařilo připravit atraktivní program, ve kterém se našlo místo pro aktuální společenská témata, moderní trendy z oblastí GIS a ICT i vystoupení inspirativních osobností.
Na webových stránkách akce již nyní naleznete kompletní informace o náplni zahajovacího bloku, profily hlavních řečníků a poodhalíme Vám zde i náplň technologického bloku a dalších živě vysílaných sekcí. Důležitou součástí konference bude také 6 živě vysílaných workshopů, na které se můžete těšit v průběhu celého listopadu.
Přehled předtočených videopřednášek uživatelů a partnerů pro Vás uveřejníme příští týden.
Pokud si chcete konferenci užít se vším servisem, přihlaste se prosím nejpozději do 14. 10. 2020 – jen tak Vám totiž stihneme zaslat i balíček konferenčních materiálů. Stejný termín platí i pokud se rozhodnete přihlásit do on-line přehlídky map a aplikací.
Do konce září 2020 probíhá na GÚ výběrové řízení na studijní pobyty Erasmus+ na jaře 2021. Přihlášky se podávaji prostřednictvím systému ISOIS isois.ois.muni.cz/en/outgoing-application/application/, detaily k výběrovému řízení naleznete ZDE (PDF), případně přímo v přihlášce.
Do konce září 2020 probíhá na GÚ výběrové řízení na studijni pobyty Erasmus+ na jaře 2021. Přihlášky se podávaji prostřednictvím systemu ISOIS, detaily k výběrovému řízení naleznete ZDE (PDF), případně přímo v přihlášce.
Do konce září 2020 probíhá na GÚ výběrové řízení na studijní pobyty Erasmus+ na jaře 2021. Přihlášky se podávaji prostřednictvím systemu ISOIS isois.ois.muni.cz/en/outgoing-application/application/, detaily k výběrovému řízení naleznete ZDE (PDF), případně přímo v přihlášce.
3gon Positioning, oficiální zástupce značek SOKKIA, GeoSLAM, Senceive, Nivel System, Soppec, zve na festival technologií pro geodézii, BIM, stavebnictví a Geomatiku obecně – Geofest 2020. Akce bude probíhat na čtyrech místech: Praha – 13.10.2020 Hotel Chvalská Tvrz Plzeň – 14.10.2020 Courtyard by Marriott Pilsen Brno – 15.10.2020 Hotel Avanti Ostrava – 16.10.2020 Best Western Hotel Vista Program 9:00 – Registrace 10:00 – Jak na geodézii […]
The post Geofest 2020 (pozvánka) appeared first on GISportal.cz.
A European satellite built to carry out precise measurements of sea level changes has arrived in California in preparation for launch. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite forms part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation programme and will employ radar to map sea surface topography.
The mission will be used to monitor the height of the sea surface to understand long-term change. It will also measure wave height and wind speed. The satellite will provide fundamental data for climate science, policy-making and protecting the 600 million people who live in vulnerable coastal areas.
Data are provided to Copernicus services in near-real time to improve marine and weather forecasts used by maritime and coastal communities.
The mission is a collaboration between ESA, the European Commission, EUMETSAT, NASA and NOAA, with support from the French Space Agency CNES.
It is named Michael Freilich after NASA’s former Director of Earth Science and is scheduled for launch on 10 November on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
This A-roll contains Copernicus Sentinel-2 images of the Maldives, new in-orbit animations and clean-room footage from testing in Germany.
A European satellite built to carry out precise measurements of sea level changes has arrived in California in preparation for launch. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite forms part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation programme and will employ radar to map sea surface topography.
The mission will be used to monitor the height of the sea surface to understand long-term change. It will also measure wave height and wind speed. The satellite will provide fundamental data for climate science, policy-making and protecting the 600 million people who live in vulnerable coastal areas.
Data are provided to Copernicus services in near-real time to improve marine and weather forecasts used by maritime and coastal communities.
The mission is a collaboration between ESA, the European Commission, EUMETSAT, NASA and NOAA, with support from the French Space Agency CNES.
It is named Michael Freilich after NASA’s former Director of Earth Science and is scheduled for launch on 10 November on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
This A-roll contains Copernicus Sentinel-2 images of the Maldives, new in-orbit animations and clean-room footage from testing in Germany.
Satellite imagery has revealed that two of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica are fracturing and weakening faster than ever – the first step towards the glaciers disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically.