Download this page in PDF format The latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches are from Russia, with the next expected launch being from Japan, and details of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) datasets publicly available from America. Leapling Russia Satellite Launch … Continue reading
Category Archives: Oceans
Earth Observation Small Satellites
Download this page in PDF format SpaceX’s next rideshare mission for small satellites, Transporter 10, is expected to take off later this week – with the launch currently scheduled for the 4th March from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. While … Continue reading
Satellite Returns & Launches
Download this page in PDF format Following last week’s blog about the deorbiting of the European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite, this week we’ve got an ERS-2 update, plus a second deorbit – with Cartosat-2 returning to Earth, and finally the … Continue reading
Approaches To Space Debris!
Download this page in PDF format This week we’re looking at two space debris satellite events occurring in the second half of this month, one coming down and the other going up! End of ERS-2 It is anticipated that the … Continue reading
PACE Mission Setting Off
Download this page in PDF format This week hopes to see the launch of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. It will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, however, … Continue reading
Earth Observation News
Download this page in PDF format The Earth Observation (EO) sector has been active this week with new contracts, agreements, and satellite launches. TRUTHS This week, two contracts for the next phase of the European Space Agency’s Traceable Radiometry Underpinning … Continue reading
Extending The Life of a Satellite
Download this page in PDF format Successfully launched satellites are expected to operate for a certain period. This ends when the satellite can no longer able to perform its intended function, cannot maintain its operational altitude, or the fuel level … Continue reading
UK Space Conference 2023!
Download this page in PDF format This week sees one of the space sector’s premier events take place, with the biennial UK Space Conference at the International Conference Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Space for Our Future The conference takes … Continue reading
State of Our Oceans
Download this page in PDF format There have been a couple of interesting documents issued recently regarding the state of our oceans. European Union Copernicus Ocean State Report Last week saw the publication of the 7th edition of the European … Continue reading
Monitoring Marine Litter from Space
Download this page in PDF format Last week, I was in the Netherlands at the International Remote Sensing for Marine Litter Workshop, which was organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The … Continue reading