The Morning Backscatter
A quick morning overpass of the remote sensing and geospatial world.
Issue #007
ICEYE secures €28M grant for sovereign space intelligence · Batagaika Crater · A super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877. Are we better prepared now?
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Schaeffler and Spire partner on sovereign European space infrastructure · Marine algae bloom in the Black Sea · New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea
Rocket Lab launches Synspective Strix SAR satellite · Algerian arid landscape · The EO community probably does not need your weekend package
SKY Perfect JSAT and Astroscale partner on on-orbit servicing · Fire chars Santa Rosa Island · NASA's guide to HLS vegetation indices
Raytheon completes design review for Landsat Next instruments · Quito's volcanic landscape · NOAA's next-generation Rapid Refresh Forecast System
NASA's Prithvi becomes the first geospatial foundation model in orbit · America's Emerald Isle · Gaussian splats for Sentinel-2 super-resolution
Planet Signs 7-Figure Enterprise Contract to Power Greece’s National Satellite Space Project · Greenland’s changing ice · Tracking Iceberg A23a with Copernicus Sentinel-3 data