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Greece is enhancing its ability to respond to natural disasters through space technology. As part of the “National Microsatellite Program,” the country will acquire a total of six thermal and radar (SAR) microsatellites, boosting its capability to manage natural disasters with advanced space technologies.

The Greek-flagged ship Sounion has been on fire since August 23 after an attack by Yemen's Houthis with no obvious signs of an oil spill, EU Red Sea naval mission Aspides has said in a post on X.

The EU mission published photos dated Sunday showing fire and smoke coming out of the vessel's main deck.

Four thermal imaging microsatellites, which measure the thermal energy emitted by an object, will monitor Greece, possibly even from the summer of 2025, to identify any fire hotspots.

The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.

Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry measures just 10 centimeters (four inches).

This handout image obtained on May 23, 2024 courtesy of NASA/ESA/CSA shows space telescope Euclid's new view of Messier 78 (the central and brightest region), a vibrant nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust, from a series of new images taken by space telescope Euclid

Tourists normally have to pay big money and brave cold climates for a chance to see an aurora, but last weekend many people around the world simply had to look up to see these colourful displays dance across the sky.

The Ministry of Digital Governance on Tuesday announced two open international public competitions for the development of thermal microsatellites and microsatellite radars, with a total budget of 53 million euros. 

The meetings of the 6th Joint Interministerial Working Group for the Economic, Industrial, Scientific, and Technical Collaboration of Greece-Ukraine concluded in Athens on Thursday, under the direction of Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Kostas Fragogiannis and Ukrainian State Minister Oleh Nemchinov.

A pair of planet-hunting satellites — NASA’s Tess and the European Space Agency’s Cheops — teamed up for the observations

The Greek Ministry of Digital Governance has announced a National Microsatellite Program which aims to strengthen the country's off-planet capabilities in low Earth orbit.

The ministry has put forth an open competition on the international market for the development of CubeSats, known as miniaturized satellites, with a budget of €60 million from a total of €130 million.