Facebook sub-Saharan Africa Internet satellite destroyed in pre-launch test: Facebook’s first satellite, which would have provided Internet access to previously unconnected parts of sub-Saharan Africa, was destroyed after the rocket meant to launch it into space exploded on Thursday. Facebook’s AMOS-6 satellite was part of a collaboration with Eutelsat. It was aboard a rocket … [Read more...] about Facebook sub-Saharan Africa Internet satellite destroyed in pre-launch test
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Novel use of satellite data is helping Africa cope with natural disasters | The Conversation
Novel use of satellite data is helping Africa cope with natural disasters: Fields showing little signs of plant emergence at a late stage of the season, indicating a near total crop loss in Zimbabwe. Chris FunkWhen we were kids, watching the Earth from space was fun: weather satellite images were eye candy displayed on the evening news. Today the data from these satellites … [Read more...] about Novel use of satellite data is helping Africa cope with natural disasters | The Conversation
NASA satellite images show how polluted your country is
The United States and Europe are among the world’s largest emitters of nitrogen dioxide — but both have also shown the most dramatic reductions in these emissions between 2005 and 2014, according to new global NASA satellite maps . Nitrogen dioxide is a yellow-brown gas that is a common emission from cars and industrial activity. Read the full article by here: … [Read more...] about NASA satellite images show how polluted your country is
The satellite landscape in Africa – developments and future scenarios
Technology is forever changing; and change has become so constant and prevalent in the technology world that we sometimes don’t really appreciate the possible impact of these changes on our current and future business landscape. What is even more surprising is that the architects of these changing landscapes also sometimes don’t realise all the implications … [Read more...] about The satellite landscape in Africa – developments and future scenarios
