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How can satellites monitor oil and gas pipelines?
Satellite technology has become an increasingly important component of pipeline monitoring programs across the oil and gas industry. With thousands of kilometers of pipelines often crossing remote deserts, forests, mountains, wetlands, and offshore environments, maintaining continuous visibility over critical infrastructure can be challenging using traditional inspection methods alone. Satellite monitoring provides a scalable and cost-effective…
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What risks can satellite analytics detect in mining areas?
Satellite analytics can identify and monitor a wide range of operational, environmental, geotechnical, and infrastructure-related risks within mining regions. By combining high-resolution imagery, radar observations, time-series analysis, and advanced geospatial analytics, mining organizations can gain early visibility into potential threats and make more informed risk management decisions. One of the most significant risks monitored through…
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How is environmental compliance tracked in mining operations?
Environmental compliance is a critical component of modern mining operations, and satellite data has emerged as a powerful tool for supporting monitoring, reporting, and regulatory oversight. Earth observation technologies provide objective, repeatable, and large-scale measurements that help mining companies demonstrate compliance with environmental requirements while enabling regulators and stakeholders to assess environmental performance independently. One…
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Can satellite imagery support mineral exploration?
Satellite imagery plays an increasingly important role in mineral exploration by helping geologists and exploration teams identify areas with potential mineralization before committing to costly field investigations and drilling programs. Although satellites cannot directly observe most mineral deposits beneath the Earth’s surface, they can detect geological, geochemical, and environmental indicators associated with mineral-bearing systems. One…
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Blue Origin decides not to re-create ruined pad but will move on to a different launch concept
A tarnished “Road to Space” sign stands near Blue Origin’s damaged launch pad in Florida. (Blue Origin Photo) One month after a New Glenn rocket explosion damaged its Florida launch pad, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has decided to shift its focus to a new concept for future launches. “To return to flight this…
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OST Insights: One Asteroid vs The Entire Global Economy
The core argument for space being humanity’s New World 2.0 is that everything Earth economies value (e.g. metals, minerals, energy, water, fuel, and real estate), exists in space at a scale that makes terrestrial equivalents look tiny. The headline example is Asteroid 16 Psyche – one of the largest in the main asteroid belt, orbiting…
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NASA considers sending a spare Mars rover to the moon to rev up preparations for lunar base
An engineering development version of the NASA rovers currently operating on Mars takes a spin at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. (NASA via YouTube) NASA is considering repurposing an engineering development version of the nuclear-powered Mars rovers for a different destination: the moon’s south polar region. The plan calls for turning the test rover,…
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Thales Alenia Space to Build Software-Defined Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni Satellite
Thales Alenia Space has secured a contract from Es’hailSat to build a new software-defined communications satellite that will expand broadband connectivity across Europe, Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East. Astronomy The satellite, named Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni, will be jointly operated by Qatar-based Es’hailSat and Turkish satellite operator Türksat. Financial terms of the contract and a launch…
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Orbital Composites Secures U.S Space Force Contract for Extreme-Environment Materials
Orbital Composites, a Campbell, CA-based advanced manufacturing company, announced a $1.9 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract award from SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. The contract funds continued development of Orbital’s robotic additive manufacturing (AM) platform for extreme-environment materials — components engineered to survive conditions that destroy conventional parts: temperatures exceeding…
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Rubin Observatory kicks off 10-year campaign to capture ‘the greatest cosmic movie ever made’
Stars in the constellation Lupus glitter in an image from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The full-resolution version of the image amounts to 1.7 gigapixels. (Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA) The science team behind the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially launched a decade-long survey of the southern…