Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
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Streamline access and analysis of OPERA surface water extent with GIS services while avoiding downloading and managing data locally.
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July 8, 2026
OPERA's dynamic surface water extent layer and Landsat images show extremely low water levels in this Arizona reservoir in June 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
June 29, 2026
The MODIS instrument aboard the Terra platform captured this image on April 27, 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
May 1, 2026
This training offered by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program covers applicable data sources for assessing groundwater change.
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March 9, 2026
Image captured on February 17, 2026, by the C-Band SAR instrument aboard ESA's Sentinel-1C platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Feb. 27, 2026
Image captured on December 18, 2025, by the C-Band SAR instrument aboard ESA's Sentinel-1A platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Jan. 29, 2026
Image captured on December 18, 2025, by the C-SAR instrument aboard ESA's Sentinel-1A platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Jan. 2, 2026
This mission-agnostic dataset allows scientists to enhance airborne and spaceborne radar measurements by reducing the atmospheric noise that can obscure ground motion signals.
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Sept. 19, 2025