Tag "DLR"
DLR Fire Detection Satellite BIROS Successfully Releases BEESAT-4 Picosatellite into Space
On 9 September 2016 at 13:00 CEST, the BIROS (Bi-Spectral Infrared Optical System) fire detection satellite developed and built by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt;
MARSAT – Assisting the Maritime World from Space
New satellite-based services for increased safety and efficiency in shipping A new corporate network will ensure increased safety and lower costs in the field of maritime traffic in future. Five
Fifteen Years of Disaster Relief From Space – Global Patterns and Trends
14 July 2016 – Today, the analysis and use of satellite images is commonplace. Just 15 years ago, however, only a handful of specialists worked with these valuable data. Since then,
Technologies for Humanitarian Assistance
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has been actively involved in humanitarian aid for many years. Alongside government partners, the private sector and scientific institutions,
Earth Observation for Humanitarian Aid
Earth observation satellites fly at distances of up to several hundred kilometres from Earth and can provide detailed information that assists relief workers on the ground. Now, this technology will
BIROS Fire Detection Satellite Successfully Launched into Space
On 22 June 2016 at 05:55 CEST, the BIROS (Bi-Spectral Infrared Optical System) microsatellite was successfully launched into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India on board a Polar
Sentinel-1B – Second Eye of the Earth Guardian in Orbit
Dual launch for European environmental satellite and MicroSCOPE small satellite mission Two eyes are better than one; this principle is also true for the two radar satellites that make up
Next Stop, the Red Planet – ExoMars 2016 Launched to Search for Traces of Life
On 14 March 2016 at 10:31 CET, the ExoMars 2016 mission of the European Space Agency, ESA, and the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, lifted off from the Russian Cosmodrome
InSight Mission’s Journey to Mars Set For 2018
In December 2015, the Mars mission InSight was put on hold, but it has now been provisionally scheduled to launch to the Red Planet at the next opportunity – in
DLR and JAXA Strengthen Cooperation
On 25 February 2016, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed an ‘Inter Agency Arrangement for Strategic Partnership’