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July 30, 2005
New Satellite by Nasa
I thought this would be some interest-- especially as NASA is coming out with a new satellite called NPOESS (The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System). The shot above shows Ten large fires rage across southern California taken October 27, 2003 by NASA's Aqua satellite. Starting in the north, the first cluster of red dots is a combination of the Piru, Verdale, and Simi Incident Fires, which have burned a combined 113,680 acres of land.
The new system NPOESS is made up of three satellites, each scanning the entire earth daily, so the entire earth can be imaged at different times of the day. NPOESS systems will produce higher resolution images than current systems. Useful data will be obtained within 30 minutes of imaging. NPOESS systems will see the same spot on the earth every 4 hours, current systems take 6 hours.
Posted by Jeff at July 30, 2005 08:42 AM