UK Heatwaves Hit Five!

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

First Lights and Satellite Launches

This week is all about Asia, as we’re highlighting the first light images of a Taiwanese satellite, plus the latest Chinese launches, and a test flight of a high-altitude platform balloon in India. Taiwan Taiwan has confirmed that its first … Continue reading

China Increasing it’s Influence in Earth Observation

This week we’re looking at the different ways China is increasing influence over the Earth Observation (EO), and wider space sector, across the globe; including supporting satellite launches, helping develop other countries capacity and capability, and new approaches to using … Continue reading

Satellite Data Monitoring Soil Health & Valuing Natural Assets

Once again, this week it was articles about using satellite data to support the agricultural sector that caught our attention. Two reports from the United States about soil health, plus a paper on valuing a farm’s natural assets. United States … Continue reading

Using Satellite Data in Agriculture

Over the last year, we’ve been working on a project examining the use of satellite data in UK agriculture. So, our interest was piqued by a report on a recent paper published in the journal “Remote Sensing Applications: Society and … Continue reading

Space4Climate Project Showcase Outcomes

The Space4Climate Agriculture Market Breakthrough Project Showcase, held in the offices of Geovation in London on the 26th January 2026, was the culmination of the stakeholder engagement processes we’ve undertaken over a year. The aim was to better understand the … Continue reading

Enhancing Satellite Solutions in Agriculture

This year we have been working on a Space4Climate Agriculture Market Breakthrough project to understand the use of satellite services, particularly satellite imagery and its derived data products and services, within the ‘last mile’ of the agricultural supply chain, i.e., … Continue reading

Climate Adaptation in Agronomy with Satellite Technology

Earlier this week we hosted a webinar titled ‘Climate Adaptation in Agronomy with Satellite Technology’ as part of the 2025 Agri-Tech Week, which is run by Agri-TechE. With almost one hundred attendees signed up it was shaping up to be … Continue reading

Using Satellite Data to Estimate Wildebeest

An article on a newly published research paper caught our attention this week, which used satellite data to estimate that wildebeest numbers in the Serengeti may be less than half what was previously thought. The paper ‘AI-based satellite survey offers … Continue reading

Agriculture Case Studies Using Satellite Data

Earlier this month we highlighted a project we are currently engaged in, looking at how satellite imagery is being used within agriculture sector in the UK. This week we were interested to see a couple of reports describing how satellite … Continue reading