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NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used to monitor short-term weather ...
The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997.
Google Earth. Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...
On July 25, 2016, it was announced that Toku was going to be launched in the FlixFling streaming service by early 2017, but to date, that never happened. On June 8, 2017, it was announced that Toku is available on Amazon Channels as a streaming service for members of Amazon Prime , offering channel content on demand for US$4.00 per month, after ...
To ring in the new year in 2017, EarthCam installed 4K live streaming video cameras in Times Square in order to broadcast the first-ever 4K stream of the Times Square celebration live on YouTube. Through the years, EarthCam’s streaming video quality has evolved, from still JPEG images updating once every 60 seconds in 1996 to 4K "ultra-high ...
High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) cameras were a payload package delivered to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-3 Mission, launched on April 18, 2014. [1] [2] The High-Definition Earth Viewing camera suite was carried aboard the Dragon spacecraft and is configured on a platform on the exterior of the European Space Agency 's ...
The "Friendship Bridge" connects Ciudad del Este with Brazil. A military-style robbery of Prosegur ’s office occurred in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay 's border town to Brazil, on April 24, 2017. [1] The event has been termed “the robbery of the century” and “mega-robbery” by the media, [2] [3] and is the “biggest heist in Paraguay’s ...
2017 Herat bombing. An explosion occurs near police offices and a mosque in Herat, killing at least ten people. (Al Jazeera) American-led intervention in Syria. Battle of Raqqa (2017) The United States -backed Syrian Democratic Forces launch an operation to capture Raqqa, ISIL 's de facto Syrian capital. (Reuters)