remote sensing
noun
technical
: the use of satellites to collect information about and take photographs of the Earth
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The rovers demonstrated mobility across challenging terrain, sample collection and remote sensing capabilities.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Although the power output is small, scaling this technology could lead to specialized power-generation methods for remote sensing installations.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
The office helped streamline post-Cold War export controls for space technologies, created a new license process for commercial remote sensing satellites, helped negotiate international trade agreements for launch services, and led the first space trade mission to post-Soviet Russia.
—Scott Pace, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
The work—undertaken by remote sensing specialist Marin Govorcin of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California—reveals how vertical land motions can be unpredictable in both scale and speed.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Although the power output is small, scaling this technology could lead to specialized power-generation methods for remote sensing installations.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
The office helped streamline post-Cold War export controls for space technologies, created a new license process for commercial remote sensing satellites, helped negotiate international trade agreements for launch services, and led the first space trade mission to post-Soviet Russia.
—Scott Pace, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
The work—undertaken by remote sensing specialist Marin Govorcin of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California—reveals how vertical land motions can be unpredictable in both scale and speed.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Remote sensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remote%20sensing. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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