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NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth
May 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news:

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NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth

* Earth-observing satellites can use new measurements of the Moon's brightness as a benchmark to ensure that they are recording light from our planet's surface accurately.

* Reliable measurements of the light from our pla . . .

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