{"id":787368,"date":"2024-08-16T03:19:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787368"},"modified":"2024-08-16T03:19:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:19:50","slug":"watch-arctic-weather-satellite-and-%cf%86sat-2-launch-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=787368","title":{"rendered":"Watch Arctic Weather Satellite and \u03a6sat-2 launch live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n\t<span class=\"pillar article__item\">Applications<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>16\/08\/2024<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><span id=\"viewcount\">56<\/span><small> views<\/small><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><span id=\"ezsr_total_26268407\">1<\/span><small> likes<\/small><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ESA\u2019s Arctic Weather Satellite and \u03a6sat-2 missions are ready for lift-off from Vandenburg, California, with a target launch date of 16 August 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><b>About Arctic Weather Satellite<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>ESA&#8217;s Arctic Weather Satellite is a prototype mission that aims to improve weather forecasts in the Arctic \u2013 a region that currently lacks data for accurate short-term forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite will build on existing Arctic monitoring satellites and will provide precise, short-term weather forecasts for the Arctic region.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"article__image article__image--left\"><figcaption class=\"image__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArctic Weather Satellite undergoing final tests<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is equipped with a 19-channel cross-track scanning microwave radiometer which will provide high-resolution humidity and temperature soundings of the atmosphere in all weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic Weather Satellite is the forerunner of a potential constellation of satellites, called EPS-Sterna, that ESA would build for Eumetsat if the first prototype Arctic Weather Satellite performs well.<\/p>\n<p>The constellation would supply an almost constant stream of temperature and humidity data from every location on Earth. This would, for the first time, allow for very short-range weather forecasting, or \u2018nowcasting\u2019, in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing the concept of New Space, the Arctic Weather Satellite was developed and built on a very tight schedule. It took just 36 months from ESA awarding the industrial prime contract to OHB in Sweden to the satellite being completed.<\/p>\n<h4><b>About \u03a6sat-2<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>\u03a6sat-2, pronounced phisat-2, is a cubesat that will further demonstrate the benefits of using AI for innovative Earth observation.<\/p>\n<p>Measuring only 22 x 10 x 33 cm, this miniature satellite is equipped with a state-of-the-art multispectral camera and a powerful AI computer that analyses and processes imagery while in orbit. It carries six AI applications onboard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Street map generation:<\/b>\u00a0convert satellite images into street maps to identify roads during emergency situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"article__image article__image--right\"><figcaption class=\"image__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u03a6sat-2 ready for integration<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Cloud detection:\u00a0<\/b>analyse and reduce the volume of data to be processed by eliminating cloudy images.<\/li>\n<li><b>Maritime vessel detection:\u00a0<\/b>using machine learning to automatically detect and classify maritime vessels.<\/li>\n<li><b>On-board image compression and reconstruction:<\/b>\u00a0exploit AI to compress images on board and then reconstruct them after they are downlinked to the ground.<\/li>\n<li><b>Marine anomaly detection:<\/b>\u00a0identify oil spills, harmful algae blumes and heavy sediment discharges in real-time.<\/li>\n<li><b>Wildfire detection:\u00a0<\/b>critical real-time information for firefighters to help them locate fire sources, track fire spread, and identify any hazards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Follow the launch live on 16 August<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>The 53-minute window opens at 20:20 CEST (11:20 local time) on 16 August 2024. A live webcast of this mission will begin about 10 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on SpaceX.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><button id=\"ezsr_26268407_4_5\" class=\"btn ezsr-star-rating-enabled\" title=\"Like\">Like<\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"ezsr_just_rated_26268407\" class=\"ezsr-just-rated hide\">Thank you for liking<\/p>\n<p id=\"ezsr_has_rated_26268407\" class=\"ezsr-has-rated hide\">You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Watch_Arctic_Weather_Satellite_and_Phsat-2_launch_live?rand=771654\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications 16\/08\/2024 56 views 1 likes ESA\u2019s Arctic Weather Satellite and \u03a6sat-2 missions are ready for lift-off from Vandenburg, California, with a target launch date of 16 August 2024.\u00a0 About&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":787369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=787368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/787369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=787368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=787368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=787368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}