UKSA: Image of the week: UK satellite captures image of Arizona wildfire
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Jul 18, 2011, 8:30:33 AM7/18/11
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UK-DMC-2 and its five siblings in the Disaster Monitoring
Constellation (DMC) of satellites are able to provide daily imaging of
environmental events around the world. The DMC satellites use
specially designed Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) imaging
payloads to image the Earth at resolutions between 2.5m and 32m. The
first satellite in the series, UK-DMC, was jointly funded by the UK
Space Agency (formerly known as BNSC) and SSTL through the £15M MOSAIC
programme. Subsequently, eight more satellites have been developed on
a fully commercial basis.
To Read the Full Article and view the Image:http://bit.ly/puO0Ho
To view a Larger Image: http://bit.ly/r4OAsp
Constellation (DMC) of satellites are able to provide daily imaging of
environmental events around the world. The DMC satellites use
specially designed Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) imaging
payloads to image the Earth at resolutions between 2.5m and 32m. The
first satellite in the series, UK-DMC, was jointly funded by the UK
Space Agency (formerly known as BNSC) and SSTL through the £15M MOSAIC
programme. Subsequently, eight more satellites have been developed on
a fully commercial basis.
To Read the Full Article and view the Image:http://bit.ly/puO0Ho
To view a Larger Image: http://bit.ly/r4OAsp
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