TAIYUAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi, in a move to enhance the country's survey and ...

Hurricane Ian left an extraordinarily broad path of destruction across much of South Florida. That was evident in reports from the ground, but it also shows up in satellite data. Using a new method, ...

The Ziyuan III 04 satellite was carried into orbit by a Long March-4B rocket, which lifted off at 11:17 a.m. Beijing Time and delivered the satellite ...

A federal program that uses military satellites to track wildfires is particularly useful when aircraft are grounded, as ...

China today successfully launched its first high resolution, stereoscopic mapping satellite for accurate surveys of its land resources. BEIJING: China today successfully launched its first high ...

Smartphones have disrupted transportation, payments and communication. But the underlying technology has tangentially changed a completely different sector: satellites. The advances made in ...

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A Japanese satellite equipped with a sharp-eyed synthetic aperture radar launched Saturday on a mission to map the globe every two weeks, helping authorities respond to natural disasters, track ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. This article is more than 5 years old. Satellite imagery has been ...

Europe will launch a new weather satellite today (Aug. 22), and you can watch the launch live online. The Aeolus wind-mapping satellite will lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French ...