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Artist's concept of Landsat 7. Credit: NASA

U.S. Government looking to lower Landsat costs
U.S. government agencies are working together to look for ways to reduce the cost of future Landsat missions as a result of congressional direction included in the 2012 budget passed in December.
Source: NASA  
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Image of the week  
Dasht-e Kavir, Iran. Credit: ESA

Earth from Space: Golden Curves
The curving sands in central northern Iran's salt desert, Dasht-e Kavir, can be seen in this image from the Ikonos-2 satellite. Here, clays and sand soils have a high surface salt content owing to the concentration of minerals from high summer evaporation.
Source: ESA  
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Radar Remote Sensing Course 2012

16 - 20 April 2012
Tartu, Estonia

In 2012 ESA in cooperation with University of Tartu and Tartu Observatory is organising a Radar Remote Sensing training course that is addressed to participants from universities, scientific communities, institutions and organisations that are making use of geoinformation. The course will provide participants with introduction to the radar remote sensing technology as well as end – user applications examples of this technique within the environmental field.

 
Catalogues  
 
Catalogues provides interactive access to query the availability of EO data from a large number of providers.

You can find EO products by source (ESA, DLR, NASA, and others) or by discipline.

Links to further information about the products availability and ordering are provided.

 
  EO Missions Database   
 
Visit the eoPortal database to find out about spaceborne EO missions and sensors to discover more about past, operational and future missions. This is complemented with a list of airborne sensors.

This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 200 missions in detail. Select a mission and press the Presentation tab to discover a wealth of information.
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