Two bodies of the United Nations (UN) are this week calling on governments, regulators, and meteorologists to safeguard access to radio frequency spectrum essential for Earth Observation (EO). The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) made … Continue reading
I was in Edinburgh last week for the SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2026 conference. This took place over three days and is organised by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and it combines programmes on Environmental Remote Sensing … Continue reading
The latest satellite launches from BlackSky and China, together with the announcement Rocket Lab are expanding into the downstream market. BlackSky Gen3 Satellite Launch BlackSky Technology Inc. announced that its fifth Gen-3 commercial satellite captured its first image less than … Continue reading
Two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites, Sentinel-3C and FLEX, are currently scheduled to be launched on the 15th September via the Vega-C rocket from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. The two Earth Observation (EO) satellites will work together in … Continue reading
Latest Earth Observation (EO) geostationary satellite launches, firstly with the Meteosat Third Generation Imager weather satellite at the end of August, and the anticipated launch of India’s EOS-05 satellite later this week. Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite Last week, 27th … Continue reading
