Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
China launched a new-generation satellite into space on Monday night, starting the expansion of its indigenous navigation and positioning network to global coverage. The satellite, the 20th for the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, was sent into orbit by the Yuanzheng-1 upper stage vehicle after being lifted by a Long March-3C …
The battle to dispel smog, cut greenhouse gases and solve the energy crisis is moving to space. Chinese scientists are mulling the construction of a solar power station 36,000 kilometers above ground. If realized, it will surpass the scale of the Apollo project and the International Space Station, and be …
Sher Singh, a farmer from India's desert state of Rajasthan, prays to Varuna, the Hindu god of water, for a bountiful harvest. Now, he is also looking to the heavens for satellite imaging to boost his crop. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to promote a "per drop, more crop" approach …
TANEGASHIMA, KAGOSHIMA PREF. – A rocket blasted off successfully Thursday morning carrying a backup optical satellite for the government’s intelligence gathering program. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. launched the H-IIA rocket at 10:21 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture. The satellite is …
A very important study was just published in the Journal of Climate a few days ago. This paper, in my mind, makes a major step toward reconciling differences in satellite temperature records of the mid-troposphere region. As before, it is found that the scientists (and politicians) who have cast doubt …
Scientists are learning a bit more about earthquakes with the help of satellites. GPS and satellite data can be used in a real-time, coordinated effort to fully characterize a fault line within 24 hours of an earthquake, ensuring that aid is delivered faster and more accurately than ever before. In …
The 1.6 million pound boosters of NASA's new flagship rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) filled the test faculties in Promontory, Utah on Wednesday, with their propellant heating up to just about 90 degree Fahrenheit even as rocket jets that could melt your face off left each booster's end. It's …
The lead spacecraft in Europe's new multi-billion-euro Earth observation (EO) programme is built and ready to go into orbit. Sentinel-2a will take pictures of the planet's surface in visible and infrared light. Its data will track everything from the growth of megacities to the variable yields of the world's most …
TEHRAN - Iran launched a new satellite into orbit on Monday "successfully," state IRIB TV reported. Equipped with GPS navigation system, the home-made satellite, named Fajr, was put into orbit aboard Safir launch vehicle. The satellite was put into elliptical orbit of 250 km to 400 km, according to Press …
The UK satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat has launched the second of its I5 series of spacecraft. The 7m-long, 6.1-tonne platform went into orbit on a Proton M rocket, despatched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The I5s - there will be four in total - make up Inmarsat's next-generation constellation called Global …
Amid growing concern about global weather patterns, a rocket roared into space Saturday carrying a NASA satellite that will give scientists new tools to forecast weather, track drought and monitor climate change. The liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Southern California was the third attempt to launch the craft. …
About 20 percent of the world's fishing catch is taken illegally by poachers, experts estimate, but a new satellite tracking system launched on Wednesday aims to crack down on the industrial-scale theft known as "pirate fishing." Run by the British technology firm Satellite Applications Catapult and backed by the Pew …
Indian Space Research Organisation has been conferred ‘Space Pioneer Award’ by the National Space Society (NSS) of the United States over the historic feat on successfully sending an orbit to Martian atmosphere in its very first attempt. “The National Space Society takes great pleasure in announcing that its 2015 Space …
Tokyo: The Japanese government will start full-fledged discussions in next fiscal year on the development of an expendable small observation satellite, which could be launched immediately in such eventualities as a natural disaster or a military emergency. The envisaged satellite could be used for rescue and information-gathering activities, according to …
Third Satellite Put In Space, 4 More Remain When Pakistani troops moved to Kargil in 1999, India’s urgent request for some vital information through the US-controlled Global Positioning System was denied. India then decided to have its own navigation satellite system that would provide accurate information on terrestrial, aerial and …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina launched its first domestically built communications satellite Thursday. The ARSAT-1 satellite is the first to be constructed with local technology in Latin America. It was built by a crew of about 500 scientists over seven years at a cost of $250 million. The satellite …
Covert GPS surveillance of timber trucks by Amazon campaigners has revealed how loggers are defeating attempts to halt deforestation in the world’s greatest rainforest. Raids by law enforcement officers are expected early on Wednesday morning, acting on the evidence handed to them by Greenpeace Brazil. The activists went undercover in …
BEIJING - China will launch a new "constellation" of marine surveillance satellites in 2019 to monitor ships, oil rigs, marine disasters and land-based resources. According to Lin Mingsen, deputy director with the National Satellite Ocean Application Service, the HY-3 "constellation" will include a series of satellites that employ synthetic aperture …
TANEGASHIMA, KAGOSHIMA PREF. – A satellite was launched Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture in a bid to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts related to natural disasters. The Himawari-8 weather satellite soared aloft aboard an H-IIA rocket at 2:16 p.m. It was expected to be placed …
China successfully launched an experimental satellite into preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in its northwestern gobi desert on Sunday. The Shijian-11-07 was boosted by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 1:13 pm Beijing Time. The satellite, which was developed by China Spacesat Co. Ltd under the China Aerospace …
