In contrast to our previous blog, this week’s is a celebration of the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite whose death will soon be upon us. EO-1 was launched on the 21st November 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It has … Continue reading
This week I’m at the 2016 European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium taking place in sunny Prague. I didn’t arrive until lunchtime on Monday and with the event already underway I hurried to the venue. First port of call was … Continue reading
At 17.57 GMT yesterday (16th February 2016) Sentinel-3 set sail from the Plesetsk Space Centre in Russia, heading for its 814 km sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. Like all the other Sentinel launches, we were at home watching the live feed! … Continue reading
Being able to look back at how our planet has evolved over time, is one of the greatest assets of satellite remote sensing. With Landsat, you have a forty year archive to examine changes in land use and land cover. … Continue reading
Ocean colour is the acorn from which Pixalytics eventually grew, and so we were delighted to see last week’s NASA announcement that one of their next generation ocean colour satellites is now more secure with a scheduled launched for 2022. … Continue reading
Last week the annual Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) conference was held in Aberystwyth. Now I’ve stepped down as RSPSoc Chairman I could relax and enjoy this year’s event as a delegate. Arriving on Wednesday morning, the first session … Continue reading
Last week I was in Vienna, Austria, attending the 2014 European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly. It was a scientific smorgasbord laid in front of over 12,000 people from 106 countries. Over 4,800 oral presentations were given and 9,500 posters … Continue reading
I got back to a ‘cold’ UK on Saturday afternoon after spending last week at Ocean Sciences 2014. It was a fantastic conference with over 5,600 attendees. My scientific highlights were: The Surface Ocean Layer Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) session on … Continue reading
