Copernical Team
Five reasons to join the European Space Agency!
In 2023, ESA published more than 400 vacancies in engineering, science and business and administration and more positions continue to be published as we are always on the lookout for talented new colleagues to join us. So, what does it mean to join ESA? Here are five reasons why you should consider ESA as the next step in your career!
Planet partner SatAgro teams with American Crystal Sugar for advanced crop monitoring
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of Earth data and insights, has announced a new contract with American Crystal Sugar Company through its partnership with SatAgro, a precision agriculture firm. Utilizing Planet's satellite data, American Crystal Sugar is enhancing its sugar beet crop monitoring efforts in the northern U.S. American Crystal Sugar, the largest beet sugar produc
WMO reports on 2023 water resources: Conditions either too dry or too wet
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its third State of Global Water Resources report, revealing that 2023 was marked by extreme weather patterns, with many regions experiencing either significant drought or excessive rainfall. The year 2023 is recorded as the driest year of the past 34 years, surpassing the droughts of 2021 and 2015, according to the findings. "The yea
Life on Earth was far more diverse 800M year ago
Around 800 million years ago, Earth was teeming with a greater diversity of life than classical theories suggest. A new study from Brazilian researchers has shed light on this period, revealing that various lineages of species, including the ancestors of algae, fungi, plants, and animals, were already present. The research findings, published in 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences o
GomSpace provides update on Indonesian Marine Surveillance program
GomSpace has provided an update on its Marine Domain Awareness program in Indonesia, emphasizing progress made in its partnership with the Indonesian government. CEO Carsten Drachmann remarked, "It has been a long journey that started more than 3 years ago, and I know it seems like an even longer wait here at the end, but things will take the time they take, when it comes to government business.
TransAstra using sutter technology for space-based matched filter tracking
TransAstra, a leader in space technology, has successfully used its proprietary Theia tracking software in space for the first time. This marks a major advancement in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) by achieving the first-ever synthetic tracking or matched filter detection from a space-based telescope. Theia's use directly in space, rather than solely on the ground, significantly boosts detection c
SWIFT marks key advancement in Lockheed Martin and Altera partnership
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), in collaboration with Altera, an Intel company, has successfully demonstrated its 12th Generation Electronic Warfare (Gen12) transceiver in a flight test using Altera's Agilex 9 Direct RF FPGA. This test, known as the SHIP-enabled Wideband Transceiver Integrated Flight Test (SWIFT), was conducted under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Eng
5 years securing our nation's interests in, from, and to space
On Dec. 20, 2019, the U.S. Space Force was established, creating the first new branch of the U.S. armed services in 73 years. The need for a separate, space-oriented branch of service was driven by the quickly evolving space domain, and a growing threat posed by near-peer competitors in space. For the last 60 years, the United States' space capabilities have become an essential part
China satellite completes AI large-model tests in orbit
ADA Space, a Chinese AI satellite internet technology company, has successfully completed in-orbit testing of its AI large-model technology aboard a recently launched satellite, the company announced on Sunday. Between Sept 25 and Oct 5, the satellite conducted 13 tests of its AI large model. These tests examined various inference questions under a range of operating and temperature condit
NASA image Earth's radiation belts during Juice mission flyby
From Aug. 19-20, ESA's (European Space Agency's) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission achieved a milestone during a lunar-Earth flyby, executing a double gravity assist maneuver. As the spacecraft passed both the Moon and Earth, its onboard instruments, including two from NASA, recorded the sharpest image ever taken of Earth's radiation belts - regions of charged particles held within Eart