The Swiss government wants to detect previously unknown ground movements, particularly those related to thawing permafrost. To do this, it plans to use data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-1 satellite, according to the NZZ am Sonntag. As landslides continue above the Valais village of Blatten, preventing residents from returning home, the Swiss government wants to monitor ground movements across the country to anticipate landslides, rockfalls and other subsidence, writes the NZZ am Sonntag. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox To this end, it is planning a national monitoring system based on data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-1 satellite, the Sunday newspaper reports, citing internal reports and documents. The satellite in question, orbiting at an altitude of 700 kilometers, continuously scans the Earth's surface. It feeds into the European Copernicus program, which allows the European Union to monitor water, soil, air, and ...
