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 by Staff Writers Paris (ESA) Jun 15, 2020
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide - developed under an ESA Partnership Project - has completed its accommodation on Vega's new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch. The Vega launch campaign at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, resumed three weeks ago, following an interruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. ESAIL is due to be delivered into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of more than 500 km on Arianespace's first Vega Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) rideshare flight. The launch will deliver seven microsatellites and 46 cubesats into orbit, using a new satellite dispenser that spreads the cost of launch between many customers. The ESAIL high-performance microsatellite was built by LuxSpace under an ESA Partnership Project with the Canadian operator exactEarth. The project was supported by the Luxembourg Space Agency and other ESA member states. ESA's Partnership Projects aim to develop sustainable end-to-end systems, right up to in-orbit validation. ESAIL will track ships worldwide by detecting messages that ships radio-broadcast with their automatic identification systems (AIS). As part of exactEarth's satellite-based AIS constellation, ESAIL will provide data also to the European Maritime Safety Agency for the next generation of global maritime traffic services. ESAIL enables fisheries monitoring, fleet management, environmental protection and security monitoring for maritime and government authorities and industry - making the seas safer.
Island 'drowning' is not inevitable as sea levels rise Plymouth UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2020 Coral reef islands across the world could naturally adapt to survive the impact of rising sea levels, according to new research. The increased flooding caused by the changing global climate has been predicted to render such communities - where sandy or gravel islands sit on top of coral reef platforms - uninhabitable within decades. However, an international study led by the University of Plymouth (UK) suggests that perceived fate is far from a foregone conclusion. The research, published in Scien ... read more
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