https://spacewatch.global/tag/disaster-response/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 13 Feb 2024 07:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/disaster-response/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/iceye-and-corelogic-to-develop-disaster-response-solutions/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 07:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53633 CoreLogic Australia has partnered with ICEYE on a disaster response solution for the banking and finance industry. The partnership aims to combine four decades of CoreLogic’s property data with ICEYE’s hazard insights, which leverage synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and auxiliary ground data, to develop a new disaster solution that can pinpoint areas and properties affected by flood and bushfire as events unfold.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/esip-announces-satellite-imagery-operational-readiness-levels-for-better-disaster-response-and-management/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 06:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16959 Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), the global community steward for Earth science data professionals, has announced Operational Readiness Levels (ORLs) to make Earth science data more trusted and to improve data-driven decision-making during disaster response and recovery.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/iridium-and-oneweb-to-collaborate-on-a-global-satellite-services-offering/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16044 Iridium and OneWeb today have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together toward a combined service offering.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/kacific-recognised-for-best-digital-inclusion-in-the-pacific/ Thu, 23 May 2019 05:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14244 Kacific has won the award for Best Digital Inclusion at the 2019 Pacific ICT Awards held by the Government of Vanuatu on 17 May.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/ses-networks-and-png-dataco-restore-connectivity-to-earthquake-stricken-papua-new-guinea/ Wed, 15 May 2019 05:15:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14095 Mobile networks and broadband Internet access for corporate and consumer customers operated by PNG DataCo have been restored by SES Networks following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea in the early morning hours of 7 May 2019, SES announced today.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-feature-southeast-asian-space-programmes-capabilities-challenges-and-collaborations/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13008 By Nandini Sarma - In many parts of the world, space technology is being used to improve people’s lives. Apart from their uses for everyday services like weather forecasting, long-distance communications, and GPS systems, the manifold applications of space technology assist in many other ways. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/azerbaijan-mulling-new-earth-observation-satellite-georgia-discusses-access-to-azersky-1/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11905 Azerbaijan’s state space corporation, Azercosmos, will examine the economic and commercial feasibility of building additional Earth observation satellites in its approved 2019-2022 state programme for remote sensing, according to a report by the Trend News Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/israels-gilat-selected-to-help-set-up-japanese-emergency-communications-system/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11902 Gilat, the Israeli satellite communications equipment company, has been selected by the Local Authorities Satellite Communications (LASCOM), an agency of the Japanese government, to help provide a disaster response emergency communications platform along with the SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/asia-pacific-space-cooperation-organisation-members-celebrate-tenth-anniversary/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11362 As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO), China intends to promote satellite imagery sharing with other member states for applications such as urban planning, disaster monitoring and assessment, as well as resource management and surveying.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/japans-pasco-introduces-insar-package-using-alos-2-earth-observation-satellite/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11103 PASCO, a Japanese provider of satellite-based geospatial information, has signed an agreement to distribute data and images acquired by the ALOS-2 Earth observation (EO) satellite which is owned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). As part of this agreement, PASCO will start selling a new InSAR Package service to support different users’ needs for analysis and monitoring over time.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/philippines-diwata-2-satellite-successfully-launched-on-japanese-h-iia-launcher/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11057 The Philippines' Diwata 2 remote sensing satellite was successfully launched into orbit on board a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-IIA satellite launch vehicle from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre on Monday, 29 October 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/new-zealands-csst-partners-with-airbus-for-satellite-imagery/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10775 New Zealand's Centre for Space Science Technology (CSST) and Airbus Defence and Space today announced a partnership agreement, which will give New Zealand businesses, industry, government, and the research community access to an even wider selection of high resolution, weather independent, near real-time satellite imagery.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/uae-space-agency-and-krypto-labs-partner-to-incubate-emirati-space-startups/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10554 The UAE Space Agency is partnering with Krypto Labs - an innovation hub and startup incubator in Abu Dhabi - to identify three Emirati space and satellite startups and then scale their ideas into commercially viable products.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/bangladesh-communication-satellite-company-taps-thaicom-to-develop-business/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10456 The Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL), operator of the recently launched Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite, has selected Thaicom, Thailand's largest commercial satellite communications operator, to help BCSC develop new markets and business for its satellite services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/thailand-host-belt-road-initiative-earth-observation-centre/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7733 This content is for members only. 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