U.S, Japan begin sharing satellite data

U.S, Japan begin sharing satellite data
(UPI) April 12, 2010
The U.S. and Japanese space agencies say they have started combining elements of their satellite resources to improve a type of Earth observation data. NASA said the partnership, which started Monday, will more than double the quantity of data used to explore earthquake hazards, forest declines and changing water resources in the Americas. "This new partnership between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA, uses NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System to download observations over North and South America taken by instruments on JAXA's Advanced Land Observing Satellite," NASA said in a statement.