This week has seen the release of the first publicly available batches of Earth Observation (EO) data from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, and a commercial rocket from China launching 9 satellites including several EO payloads. NISAR Data … Continue reading
Tuesday 7th July saw the latest SpaceX rideshare mission, Transporter-17, take off when a Falcon 9 rocket took over 80 satellite payloads into orbit from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base. As usual with these rideshare missions, there were several Earth … Continue reading
Next Monday, June 8th, is World Ocean Day! It’s the global celebration where people come together with the common goal of restoring our shared oceans and creating a stable climate for our planet. The theme for this year is ‘Strong … Continue reading
On Sunday, 3rd May, SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying 45 satellites on board. As usual with these rideshare missions, there were several Earth … Continue reading
This week we’re highlighting some recent satellite launches, the first of which is the launch by China of a climate satellite monitoring greenhouse gases; and secondly recent Portuguese launches that have literary connections. China Launch On Friday 17th April, China … Continue reading
Earth Day 2026 takes place on Wednesday, 22nd April, and the overall theme remains the same as last year, ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, as environmental progress is sustained by daily actions of communities, educators, workers, and families protecting where they … Continue reading
Last week was the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2026 held at the Scottish Event Campus, in Glasgow, this year. It is a biennial event which was first held in February 1982 in San Antonio, Texas. OSM aims to bring together … Continue reading
Last night saw the successful launch of Sentinel-1D aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket was launched just after 22:00 (CET) and was put into a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 693 kilometres. As … Continue reading
We’re looking at the top and bottom of the world this week, specifically at aspects of ice and what’s below it in the Arctic and Antarctica. Arctic Last week a report from NASA and the United States National Snow and … Continue reading
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
