Yesterday, on the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, GeoOptics celebrated by publicly announcing that we are now a member of the Nature Tech Collective. We’re an Earth observation technology company, so we recognize that natural systems on Earth and the ecosystem services they provide are critical to the biological, geochemical, and energy cycles of the […]
June is World Ocean Month, a time to reflect on the vast expanse of our planet covered by water. With over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface consisting of oceans and a staggering 97 percent of our water being oceanic, the importance of protecting these life-sustaining resources cannot be overstated. At GeoOptics, we recognize the […]
The skies recently treated observers across the globe to a breathtaking display of the Northern Lights (or aurora borealis) — in regions where such celestial wonders are rarely seen. The auroras painted a mesmerizing tapestry of colors, captivating both seasoned stargazers and first-time witnesses alike. This beautiful, rare occurrence spurred conversations about the vast […]
The recent U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) brought together leaders from 120 countries and more than 40,000 stakeholders and media to discuss all aspects of climate change, including the policies and regulatory solutions that can bring the world to a more sustainable, low carbon future. Some of the hottest temperatures in recent history were […]
On January 11, 2018, GeoOptics launched the first of its operational CICERO satellites for atmospheric radio occultation (RO). RO is a potent technique for sensing the atmosphere for improved weather forecasting accuracy, first proposed by GeoOptics founder and CTO Tom Yunck more than 30 years ago. The technique works by precisely observing the signals of […]
Last winter GeoOptics released the first research dataset from our CICERO constellation of radio occultation satellites, a total of a few weeks of data from the early operations of the constellation. As part of our mission to expand knowledge of the Earth, we were happy to open our doors to researchers to allow them free […]
GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) was first developed in the 1990s by the JPL research group led by our founder Tom Yunck. Following several developmental satellites, the COSMIC program was the first large scale deployment of GNSS-RO, a groundbreaking small satellite system jointly developed by the United States and Taiwan that provided the first high-quality occultations […]