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 individual satellites orbiting the Earth at … Continue reading
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 it’s first space strategy, and looks … Continue reading
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 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in … Continue reading
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 Forum. Ten space industry companies and … Continue reading
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 four-satellite constellation. The first satellite, PlĂ©iades … Continue reading
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 UK launched Space Command – whilst … Continue reading
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, asking for $24.801 billion to support … Continue reading
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 anyone thought! The new height of … Continue reading
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 Situations information centre, the satellites came … Continue reading
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 their Strategic Plan (2020-2025), which included … Continue reading
