The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple. Imagery ...

An artist’s conception shows a GOES-R series satellite. (NASA Photo) Two months after its launch, the main imaging instrument on a next-generation weather satellite is experiencing problems with its ...

Recent satellite imagery has unveiled the fascinating and rare formation of mesovortices around the eye of the destructive ...

The US Air Force has launched into orbit the second geosynchronous satellite required for its Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation. Blasting off yesterday from Space Launch Complex 41 at ...

PARIS — Infrared sensor manufacturer Sofradir has seen its satellite business more than double in the past few years as Earth observation spacecraft prices reduce and more governments are able to ...

The U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], was successfully launched today at 5:21 p.m. EDT ...

Lockheed Martin has been given the go-ahead to build the fourth geosynchronous (GEO-4) satellite that will form a key part of the US Air Force’s Space-Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) program. SBIRS is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The characteristics of the proposed Nimbus-type satellite High Resolution Infrared Radiation (HRIR) scanner and the means for expressing ...

Satellites captured stunning infrared images on Wednesday of the Kilauea volcano as it continued to spew lava and toxic gas. The images below show the natural colors and infrared imaging of the ...

Lockheed Martin’s SBIRS GEO-5 satellite, the first military space satellite built on the modernized LM 2100 bus, moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber. Testing successfully wrapped up June ...