New World Record For Satellite Launches

SpaceX set a new world record on Sunday, for the number of satellites sent into space on a single rocket. It launched 143 satellites via is Falcon 9 rocket, which broke the previous world record of 104 set by the … Continue reading →

Benefits Of Earth Observation Monitoring Gold Mining Across Africa

Last Friday the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Digital Earth Africa, released their report ‘Unlocking the potential of Earth Observation to address Africa’s critical challenges’. The assessment in the report, which grabbed the headlines, was that the work of … Continue reading →

Warm Snow!

This is not a warning, but an oxymoron for two key weather stories over the last week. Firstly, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced that 2020 was the planet’s joint warmest year on record – tied with 2016. It … Continue reading →

UK Space Sector After Brexit

As everyone in Europe will be aware, and probably others around the world, after four years of talking an eleventh hour trade agreement was reached between the UK and Europe on the 24th December 2020 to get Brexit done … … Continue reading →