Within the last week, China has launched new satellites for both its High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) and Beidou, the Chinese global Navigation Satellite System constellation. Both of which have been many years in development. Last Wednesday, 17th June, the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Ocean Measurements Getting Ready, Going Out and Trying Somewhere New
This week we’re putting the focus on the current developments in ocean remote sensing – in the widest sense of the word! Firstly, last Thursday, China launched the Haiyang 1D (HY-1D) satellite, from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on the … Continue reading
Planet To Achieve A Daily Dozen!
In 2011 when the satellite company Planet started, it set itself a ‘Mission 1’ which was to image the entire Earth’s landmass every day. Six years later in November 2017, they confirmed they had achieved that goal through its Dove … Continue reading
World Environment Day 2020
It’s World Environment Day on Friday!! The United Nations General Assembly declared the 5th June each year as World Environment Day on the first day of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, also known as the Stockholm Conference, … Continue reading