On December 3rd, 1984 a deadly methyl isocyanate gas leak from a chemical plant killed thousands of people in Bhopal city and the surrounding areas. Official death toll put the estimate at around 15,000. The plant owned by a subsidiary of Union Carbide Inc. of United States was manufacturing Sevin(chemical name Carbaryl) an insecticide. Union… Continue reading Bhopal Disaster: Was the Human Damage containable?
DigitalGlobe is going to add WorldView-3 to its satellite constellation in support of the NGA’s EnhancedView program. ITT Exelis is currelntly building the imaging system, which will include a sensor subsystem and an optical telescope unit, for DigitalGlobe’s latest earth-imaging satellite. WorldView-3 is slated for launch in 2014, and will expand DigitalGlobe’s fleet to four… Continue reading Breaking New Ground with WorldView-3
Every new year brings exciting opportunities and this year is no different. A regular participant at various Indian and International Geospatial conferences, SATPALDA will be present at this year’s India Geospatial Forum being held in Hyderabad from 22nd to 24th of January 2013. Our representatives will available at Astrium Geo’s booth who is one of… Continue reading Astrium-Geo at India Geospatial Forum in Hyderabad
As we mentioned in a previous blogpost, SPOT 6 is right on track continuing SPOT legacy of uniqueness and excellence. Astrium has declared the commercial start of operations by next week. Below is what the user can expect from the SPOT 6 imagery. The architecture is similar to that of the Pleiades satellites, with a… Continue reading SPOT 6 – Commercial start of Operations
Military transport aircraft require highly advanced engines which can carry the heavy payload to long distance. This combination engine stamina and strength has been achieved by only four companies in the world. There of these are western companies The fourth is a Russian firm. There has been speculations for long on such aircraft being developed… Continue reading GeoEye-1 image takes lid off secret Chinese plane
Heavy snow blanketed most of Great Britain territory in late January 2013, stretching from London to the northern tip of Scotland. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on January 26, 2013. Only some coastal areas and the southwestern part of the island were free of snow when… Continue reading Image of the Day – Snow Covered Great Britain
ALOS has collected more that 6 Million 5 Hundred Thousand imagees in the past 5 years by observing same area repeatedly. Based on this rich archived data, we have launched a “ALOS Sales Campaign” aiming at the areas covered by multiple images. Optimum for identifying chronological changes of forest, change detection and inspection after occurrence… Continue reading ALOS Sales campaign, 20% off !
The Chagos Archipelago, also known as the Chagos Islands, is a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, the largest of which is Diego Garcia. The islands forming the Chagos Archipelago are administered by the United Kingdom as the British Indian Ocean Territory (the “BIOT”). Landsat Satellite image of Diego Garcia Landsat Satellite image of… Continue reading Image of the Day : Diego Garcia
The Mojave Airport was opened in 1935 to serve local gold and silver mining industry. It was taken over by U S marine Corps which expanded it into Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station(MCAAS). It also served as training gunnery training center during World War II. Currently it is known as Mojave Air and Space Port.… Continue reading Image of the Day : Mojave Airport
A new Earth imaging satellite launch generally means breaking barriers of technology and pushing the envelope to cover more space more efficiently. Since the first near-space photographs from US made V2, the technology has progressed at a very fast pace especially since the launch of first sub-meter civilian spacing imaging satellite Ikonos-2. Ikonos-2 was launched… Continue reading Musings on GeoEye-2