We have liftoff! OPTICA was successfully launched onboard NG-24 Cygnus XL, the ‘S.S. Steven R. Nagel’, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on April 11, 2026 at 7:41am EDT. @HySpeedGeo @metaspectral_ @voyagertech_ @ISS_CASIS

Satellite data exposes escalating 'boom-and-bust' dynamic in greening drylands @uarizona #satellitedata #earthobservation #dryland #vegetation news.arizona.edu/news/satell…

VUB research: how cities can go greener in a warming climate #satellitedata #remotesensing #earthobservation #urbantrees vub.be/en/news/vub-research-…

New UBC tool helps cities plant trees where they’re needed most @UBC #satellitedata #machinelearning #geospatial #urbanheat news.ubc.ca/2026/08/new-tool…

CHIME, the Copernicus hyperspectral mission enabling operational global imaging spectroscopy @Thales_Alenia_S #satellitedata #earthobservation #hyperspectral thalesaleniaspace.com/en/new…

NASA Harvest and Agmatix Collaboration Produces New Models to Monitor Crop Growth Stage and Crop Cycles @HarvestProgram #satellitedata #earthobservation #vegetation #agriculture #timeseries nasaharvest.org/news/nasa-ha…

'Losing our history and identity' – Three B.C. glaciers on the brink of extinction @SFU #satellitedata #remotesensing #glaciers sfu.ca/sfunews/media/media-r…

US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption #satellitedata #earthobservation #syntheticapertureradar #volcano #timeseries nasa.gov/missions/nisar/us-i…

Global Estimate of Marine Oil Pollution #satellitedata #earthobservation #machinelearning #oilpollution skytruth.org/analyses/global…

Scientists get a clearer picture of phytoplankton sustaining ocean food webs @CUBoulder #satellitedata #earthobservation #oceanscience #phytoplankton colorado.edu/asmagazine/2026…

Environmental Scientist Turns Satellite Data into Water Solutions @UKZN #satellitedata #earthobservation #machinelearning #rivers caes.ukzn.ac.za/news/environ…

Exploring land use in mining, First automated satellite tool for global mine monitoring #satellitedata #earthobservation #environmentalimpact #mining #vegetation hzdr.de/db/Cms?pOid=78834&pN…

An Accidental Impact Crater Discovery #satellitedata #earthobservation #landsat #citizenscience science.nasa.gov/earth/earth…

NSF-funded projects to introduce high school students to geoarchaeology #remotesensing #archaeology #stemeducation binghamton.edu/news/story/64…

Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon #satellitedata #earthobservation #amazon #tropicalforest #conservation lancaster.ac.uk/news/amazoni…

From 22,000 Miles Up, This Satellite Tracks Airborne Health Threats Almost in Real Time #satellitedata #airpollution #publichealth smithsonianmag.com/innovatio…

K-State, NASA highlight satellite technology for Kansas farms at Flickner Innovation Farm @KState #satellitedata #earthobservation #agriculture k-state.edu/news/articles/20…

National initiative to improve discovery of vegetation cal/val datasets for remote sensing @TERN_Aus #earthobservation #remotesensing #calibration #validation tern.org.au/news/national-in…

AI Helps Spot Wildfires From Space Before They Get Out of Control #satellitedata #earthobservation #machinelearning #wildfire spectrum.ieee.org/ai-wildfir…

Remote Sensing Mitigated the Impact of the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires #remotesensing #earthobservation #hyperspectral #wildfire eos.org/editor-highlights/re…

Sky-high careers: Hawaiʻi CC secures almost $1M to train drone operators, analysts #remotesensing #drones #education #geospatial hawaii.hawaii.edu/news/sky-h…