NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions.
Tag: Satellites
Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online, Officials Say
The Department of Defense said it no longer planned to shut down a program that makes satellite data publicly available to researchers and forecasters.
Data Crucial to Hurricane Forecasts Will Continue, but for One Month Only
U.S. officials said they would stop providing the satellite data online on July 31 rather at the end of June.
What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program
Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.
What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program
Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.
How North Korea Botched Its Warship Launch
Satellite images and videos show how launching a 5,000-ton warship into the water sideways can cause it to capsize if done incorrectly.
South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval
A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.
Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.
Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.