Italy has been reeling from a severe drought over the last year, after receiving a winter of little rain and snowfall. Satellite images from the Sentinel-2 satellite of Copernicus, which is the Earth observation programme managed by the European Space Agency (ESA)
China earlier this month said it would develop new ground stations in Antarctica to support its satellite activity and data collection as concerns mount over Beijing’s surveillance programs and the rising security threats directed at the U.S. A subsidiary of the state-owned
The United Nations activated its emergency mapping satellite service in the wake of the horrific earthquakes that devastated Turkey and Syria on Monday. More than 5,300 people were reported dead as of Tuesday, with the death toll from the disasters expected to
flash Engineers are making final preparations for the first satellite launch from the U.K. later Monday, when a modified passenger plane is expected to release a Virgin Orbit rocket carrying nine small satellites into space. If successful, the mission will mark the
China is risking escalating tensions in the South China Sea after satellite imagery suggested it was reclaiming unoccupied parts of the Spratly Islands, a move which would directly contravene a pact of “self-restraint” between six of the IndoPacific nations. China looks to
What if you’re in an emergency and you have no cell phone service? Well, Apple has solved this by finally releasing its much-anticipated new feature for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro devices – Emergency SOS via satellite. The company has partnered