Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Nettie La Belle-Hamer is the Deputy Director at the UAF Geophysical Institute, as well as the Director of the Alaska Satellite Facility.
Last spring many people watched with interest as the iconic, big, blue antenna on top of the University Alaska Fairbanks Elvey building was dismantled and a new, bigger, bluer dish was assembled in its place. Another large dish in the woods on North Campus was joined by a nearly identical one in 2013. At the same time, the Alaska Satellite Facility added two new antennas along the Richardson Highway. As we prepare to build two additional larger, more capable, antennas for NASA and install many antennas for small satellites, curiosity in the community is building. Why is NASA so interested in Alaska? Why so many antennas and why here? Part of the answer can be borrowed from your friendly neighborhood real estate broker: location, location, location. But location is not enough. To hear the rest of the story, watch above for a look at remote sensing in Alaska, the Arctic and beyond.
March 6 2018
The 2018 Science for Alaska Lecture Series has concluded as of March 6, 2018. Thank you for coming out to Raven Landing Center and for watching online! Tune in next winter for another array of talks.
For the full lecture schedule go here:
(http://www.gi.alaska.edu/media-public-information/2018-lectures)
Hosted at the Raven Landing Center on Cowles street in Fairbanks Alaska.
Brought to you by the Triplehorn family, Alaska EPSCoR, Lifewater Engineering Company and Class 5 Boatworks and University of Alaska Fairbanks.
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/
Filmed & edited by Sean Tevebaugh
Dr. Nettie La Belle-Hamer is the Deputy Director at the UAF Geophysical Institute, as well as the Director of the Alaska Satellite Facility.
Last spring many people watched with interest as the iconic, big, blue antenna on top of the University Alaska Fairbanks Elvey building was dismantled and a new, bigger, bluer dish was assembled in its place. Another large dish in the woods on North Campus was joined by a nearly identical one in 2013. At the same time, the Alaska Satellite Facility added two new antennas along the Richardson Highway. As we prepare to build two additional larger, more capable, antennas for NASA and install many antennas for small satellites, curiosity in the community is building. Why is NASA so interested in Alaska? Why so many antennas and why here? Part of the answer can be borrowed from your friendly neighborhood real estate broker: location, location, location. But location is not enough. To hear the rest of the story, watch above for a look at remote sensing in Alaska, the Arctic and beyond.
March 6 2018
The 2018 Science for Alaska Lecture Series has concluded as of March 6, 2018. Thank you for coming out to Raven Landing Center and for watching online! Tune in next winter for another array of talks.
For the full lecture schedule go here:
(http://www.gi.alaska.edu/media-public-information/2018-lectures)
Hosted at the Raven Landing Center on Cowles street in Fairbanks Alaska.
Brought to you by the Triplehorn family, Alaska EPSCoR, Lifewater Engineering Company and Class 5 Boatworks and University of Alaska Fairbanks.
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/
Filmed & edited by Sean Tevebaugh
