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Galileo: All four satellite now working as clocks

Galileo signals

The European satellite navigation mission Galileo marked a new success: On 25 April 2013, all four Galileo satellites started working as clocks accurate to a few billionths of a second, disseminat

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Thu, 02/05/2013 - 12:26
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Processed on May 2nd 2013

Europe: Meteosat-9 satellite takes over Rapid Scanning Service

Slow-moving low off Portugal captured by Meteosat-9.

On 9 April 2013, Eumetsat's Meteosat-9 satellite took over the rapid scanning imagery service (RSS) from Meteosat-8.

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Wed, 10/04/2013 - 10:07
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8.65176
Processed on Apr 10th 2013

Disaster Management: Europe and Japan join forces

In a recent press release the European Commission announced that Europe and Japan are forging a closer cooperation in disaster management.

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Thu, 28/03/2013 - 11:27
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European Commission
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50.8503
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4.35171
Processed on Mar 28th 2013

Galileo: European satellite navigation system achieves first position fix

Galileo position fix

In a recent press release, the European Commission annou

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Tue, 19/03/2013 - 09:58
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Processed on Mar 19th 2013

Astrium: Seeking a non-European partner for GO-3G

For its newest geostationary Earth Observation satellite, GO-3G, the European aerospace company Astrium is seeking for a non-European partner, as SatelliteToday reported.

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Thu, 28/02/2013 - 16:10
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Processed on Feb 28th 2013

4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction “Invest today for a Safer Tomorrow”

The 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 23 May at the International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG).

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Wed, 06/02/2013 - 14:29
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UNISDR
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46.2201
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6.13814
Processed on Feb 6th 2013

Early Warning: European Environment Agency publishes lessons learned

New technologies have sometimes had very harmful effects, but in many cases the early warning signs have been suppressed or ignored.

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Thu, 24/01/2013 - 14:02
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EEA
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55.6812
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12.5866
Processed on Jan 24th 2013

European scientists to develop more accurate flood forecasting

In the context of the heavy rains and floods that affected the UK lately, the need for methods how to more accurately predict heavy rainfall over land surface has become evident.

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Wed, 05/12/2012 - 09:21
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Planet Earth
Processed on Dec 5th 2012

GMES Publication highlights Importance of Earth Observation

The potential of GMES for crisis management and environmental monitoring is highlighted in a new publication with users demonstrating the importance of Earth observation data to European regions.

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Tue, 16/10/2012 - 08:19
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Processed on Oct 16th 2012

Satellites are measuring the volume of the sea-ice cover

This year, satellites saw the extent of Arctic sea ice hit a record

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Tue, 09/10/2012 - 15:14
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Processed on Oct 9th 2012