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    The Environmental Research Satellite (ERS, alternatively Earth Resources Satellite) program was a series of small satellites initially operated by the...
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    Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite...
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    The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
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    A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including...
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    such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, cartography and others. The most common type are Earth imaging satellites, that take satellite images,...
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  • Environment Research Council (NERC) is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences...
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    is maintained by the DoD. Missile warning, defense weather, military satellite communications, and space domain awareness also acquire significant annual...
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    climate change, natural disasters. Earth observations satellites provide information for research subjects that benefit from looking at Earth’s surface...
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    Argos is a global satellite-based system that collects, processes, and disseminates (spreads, distributes) environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms...
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    Union. The research station serves as the headquarters for the Foundation, and is used to conduct scientific research and promote environmental education...
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    Laser Geodynamics Satellite or Laser Geometric Environmental Observation Survey, are a series of two scientific research satellites designed to provide...
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  • for email delivery Soil Moisture Active Passive, an American environmental research satellite Supervisor Mode Access Prevention, a computer processor feature...
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    toward its mission through six major line offices: the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), the National Marine Fisheries...
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    standardized satellites were developed under the auspices of these agencies.: 425  The OV5 program was a continuation of the Environmental Research Satellite (ERS)...
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    as the ESSA Research Laboratories; the Environmental Data Service; the United States Weather Bureau; the National Environmental Satellite Center; and...
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    Fred Singer (category American non-fiction environmental writers)
    space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service...
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    Indian agencies, city planning, oceanography and environmental studies. The Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) is the country's telecommunication...
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  • Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European...
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  • viewing angles of the target. Trailing satellites are especially suited for meteorological and environmental applications such as viewing the progress...
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    This is a list of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. GOES spacecraft are operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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    A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication...
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    Norway and the new research station the following day. After the opening, another power station was built in 2005. In 2006, a satellite base station was...
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    Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites...
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    A satellite tornado is a tornado that revolves around a larger, primary tornado and interacts with the same mesocyclone. Satellite tornadoes occur apart...
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  • the discipline of environmental science as it is known today began to take shape. The century is marked by significant research, literature, and international...
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    rocketry and high altitude research from the United States, which ultimately led to the development of a national satellite program. This culminated in...
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    InfraRed Observation Satellite" and is also the plural of "tiro" which means "a young soldier, a beginner". The Advanced Research Projects Agency (now...
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  • The Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) is a constellation of polar orbiting weather satellites funded by the National Oceanic and...
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    internet services, health, agriculture, environmental protection and national security. NigeriaSat-1 is a satellite of the standard Disaster Monitoring Constellation...
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    and energy flows. Other types of environmental information are collected using weather satellites. Weather satellite images helped in monitoring the volcanic...
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