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The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are ready to launch the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft on 6 May aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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ESA has added Envisat time radar images to its MIRAVI web site, which so far has offered only optical images. While both are near real-time images, another site takes an opposite approach, offering visitors the opportunity to monitor changes over decades. U.S. company Esri, working in close collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), has released Landsat image services that cover almost 40 years.
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