Satellites Orbiting the Earth in 2022

Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading

Two Space Strategies: China & Wales

Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading

SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation: Hero or Villain?

Download this page in PDF format SpaceX and its Starlink satellites have made the news for multiple reasons this week. On December 2nd SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket put 48 Starlink satellites into a 430 km low earth orbit from the … Continue reading

Space Debris Exploded Into the News

Download this page in PDF format Space debris has exploded into the news this week. The positive side of the story occurred on Friday November 12th with the launch of the Net Zero Space initiative at the fourth Paris Peace … Continue reading

New Launches and New Earth Observation Player!

Download this page in PDF format Last week the second satellite in Airbus’ PlĂ©iades Neo Earth Observation (EO) constellation was successfully launched from French Guiana onboard ArianeSpace’s Vega rocket. PlĂ©iades Neo 4 is the second in what will be a … Continue reading

Developing UK Space Capabilities

Download this page in PDF format After looking at China in the previous blog, this time we’re highlighting the latest space capability developments within the UK and a few things have happened in the last week. Firstly, last Friday the … Continue reading

EO Budgets, Conflicts, New Companies & Initiatives

Download this page in PDF format Over the last week there have been some interesting news snippets about the Earth Observation (EO) and satellite industries. We’ll start with NASA who issued its budget request for 2022 on the 28th May, … Continue reading

Mount Everest Is Bigger Than You Thought!

Download this page in PDF format After everything else that has happened in 2020, it was revealed yesterday that Mount Everest is actually bigger than was previously thought. This also means that the highest point on Earth is higher than … Continue reading

Satellites, Satellites Everywhere!

Download this page in PDF format Reports at the weekend from Roscosmos, Russia’s State Space Corporation, indicated there was a near miss between India’s Cartosat-2F and a Russia’s Kanopus-V satellite last Friday. According to Roscosmos’s Warning Automated System of Hazardous … Continue reading

Kenya’s Strategic Plan for Space

Download this page in PDF format At the start of the month we wrote about our new project, Earth Observation for Sustainable Aggregate Supply, in Kenya. Last week we were delighted to learn that the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) launched … Continue reading