We often discuss the launches of new Earth Observation satellites, but this week we’re moving onto a new satellite’s next key stage – the first images it acquires. In this blog, its the first light images from Sentinel-3C and the … Continue reading
Last Thursday saw the latest SpaceX rideshare mission take off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission, called Transporter-18 had 130 payloads on board. The main payload was the experimental satellite Suncatcher … Continue reading
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
While it might sound like an easy question to know: what time is it on the Moon? It is far more difficult to answer than you might think. On Earth, the planet is divided into twenty-four world time zones based … Continue reading
Everyone in Europe will know that this year has been a hot one. Last week the UK experienced its fifth heatwave of the 2026, and a sixth is forecast for next month. For this country a heatwave is declared when … Continue reading
This week has seen two launches from some of the workhorses of the satellite industry, namely one of China’s Long March rockets and Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket; however, the outcomes of the launches were very different, demonstrating how difficult the … Continue reading
