Last week saw the launch of the latest mission in the European Union’s Copernicus Programme, as Sentinel-5A was successfully delivered into a polar orbit onboard the MetOp-SG A1 satellite. The Ariane-6 rocket took off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Modelling
Talking About Heatwave Weather!
As everyone knows the British love to talk about the weather, and in the UK we are currently in our official fourth heatwave of the year. A heatwave is declared when temperatures meet or exceed the heatwave temperature threshold for … Continue reading
Launch, Launch, Launch
In Europe we are entering the summer holiday season, and people are starting to go away to relax and refresh themselves; however, there is no such slowdown in the Earth Observation sector with the potential for a launch three times … Continue reading
Living Planet Symposium 2025 has begun!
As we highlighted in our previous blog, I am in Austria this week at the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium (LPS) 2025 with the theme Transitioning from Observing the Earth to Climate Action. To try and limit my carbon … Continue reading
Preparing For Living Planet 2025 in Vienna!
Unlike Ultravox who walked in the cold air in Vienna, it looks like I will be warm as I head to the city for next week’s European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium. The Living Planet’s Symposia is a triennial event, … Continue reading
TerraMind Launched!
Last week, on Earth Day, the European Space Agency (ESA) and IBM Research Europe launched the first version of TerraMind, a powerful next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, that aims to leverage the world’s satellite data to better understand the planet … Continue reading
Biomass Takes to the Skies
Next Tuesday morning, 29th April, should see the scheduled launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Biomass mission, the latest of the Earth Explorer missions. Biomass is focused on improving our understanding of the world’s forests and how they are … Continue reading
Satellite Increases as Balloons Deflate!
Three news items caught our attention this week: a first light image from the Italian Earth Observation (EO) IRIDE satellite constellation, the birth of a new wildfire detection constellation, and a reduction in the number of weather balloon launches. First … Continue reading
All About SpaceX!
This week we’re all about SpaceX! Firstly, there is the latest Rideshare mission and the Earth Observation (EO) satellites put into orbit, and secondly, looking at new research using SpaceX’s Starlink communication satellites to derive EO data. Space X Rideshare … Continue reading
Working on Climate Tipping Points
Pixalytics is delighted to announce its participation in a critical research project about forecasting a major climate tipping point – the potential collapse of the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. Sitting just south of Greenland and Iceland, the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre is … Continue reading