Earth Observation Small Satellites

SpaceX’s next rideshare mission for small satellites, Transporter 10, is expected to take off later this week – with the launch currently scheduled for the 4th March from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. While the final payload manifest for the … Continue reading →

Satellite Returns & Launches

Following last week’s blog about the deorbiting of the European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite, this week we’ve got an ERS-2 update, plus a second deorbit – with Cartosat-2 returning to Earth, and finally the launch of the Indian weather satellite … Continue reading →

Approaches To Space Debris!

This week we’re looking at two space debris satellite events occurring in the second half of this month, one coming down and the other going up! End of ERS-2 It is anticipated that the European Space Agency’s (ESA) second European … Continue reading →

PACE Mission Setting Off

This week hopes to see the launch of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. It will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, however, the original schedule of a launch … Continue reading →