Polar orbiting satellites have tracked the world’s largest iceberg since it broke free in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in early November 2023.

Satellites orbiting the Earth have captured the effects of a "polar vortex" on camera, as swathes of the U.S. are gripped by Arctic conditions. One image taken by the National Environmental ...

Imagery is obtained from the GOES and METEOSAT geostationary satellites, and the two US Polar Orbiter (POES) satellites. POES satellites orbit the earth 14 times each day at an altitude of ...

The POEM4 mission, part of the PSLV-C60 SpaDeX mission, uses the fourth stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to create a special platform for scientific experiments.

Low Earth-orbiting satellites that circle the Earth from pole to pole are typically used to understand wind patterns over Earth’s polar regions. Satellite-based wind data are among the most important ...

NASA also relies on Svalbard's satellite ground stations for communication with polar-orbiting satellites. As a result, Longyearbyen sees internet speeds that rival those in many cities on the ...

Sweden has unique geopolitical advantages as it has the Esrange Space Centre in Kiruna, Northern Sweden, and the possibility from there to launch polar satellites, Jonson added, Xinhua news agency ...

Polar Knowledge Canada officially opened its first northern satellite office in Whitehorse on Tuesday. Officials say the new ...

He says: “Flying the DASH-7 is an exciting opportunity as it shows that we can bridge the gap that will arise between CryoSat-2 and CRISTAL – Europe’s next polar satellite mission – which ...