OneWeb Looking At Merger

It’s was announced yesterday that OneWeb, the satellite internet broadband firm partly owned by the UK Government, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French company Eutelsat Communications to support the merger of the two companies. This is an … Continue reading

Pixalytics is Ten Years Old!

Pixalytics is celebrating this week as we are ten years old! We were born in 2012 and the fact that we are still here is an achievement in itself! Statistics from the US reveal that almost two-thirds of business do … Continue reading

UK Science & Earth Observation Industries Dealt A Body Blow?

There is huge concern within the UK science and business communities that the country is about to walk away from the Horizon Europe research programme, the Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) Programme, and the Euratom nuclear programme. Last week George Freeman, … Continue reading

UK Preparing For First Satellite Launches

The UK is getting closer to joining the club of satellite launching nations according to two announcements made last week, with progress being made for both horizontal and vertical launch facilities in Cornwall and Scotland respectively. Horizontal Satellite Launch It … Continue reading

Earth Observation Investment On Two Continents

Last week, government budget proposals from the USA and Australia included funding for Earth Observation (EO) and insights into their strategic direction for the industry. United States of America The White House has put forward its $6 trillion budget proposal … Continue reading

Satellites Orbiting the Earth in 2022

An updated post for 2023 can be found here! According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, maintained by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), there were 8 261 individual satellites orbiting the Earth at … Continue reading

Two Space Strategies: China & Wales

We’re looking at two new space strategies this week, for China and Wales! China has released a white paper looking at achievements and what to expect in the next five years. Wales has released it’s first space strategy, and looks … Continue reading

New Earth Observation Strategy for Canada

At the end of last week the Government of Canada outlined its strategy for Earth Observation (EO) for the next 15 years with the release of ‘Resourceful, Resilient, Ready: Canada’s Strategy for Satellite Earth Observation’.  This outlines the way forward … Continue reading

UK Earth Observation Week Coming Up

Next week is the UK Earth Observation 2021 week! The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) have come together to run a single online conference from … Continue reading