Next week is World Space Week and this year’s theme is ‘Satellites improve life’. The origins of World Space Week can be found in Houston in America when, in 1980, the World Space Week Association co-ordinated the first ‘Spaceweek’ which … Continue reading
The ripples of the global pandemic are being felt by the European Earth Observation (EO), and wider, space industry as the leaders of the twenty-seven European Union (EU) countries agreed a € 750 billion stimulus package to support their countries … Continue reading
Last week saw some interesting developments for the UK Space Industry. Firstly, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Industrial Policy Committee awarded contracts of €2.55 billion for the development of six new Copernicus satellite missions, with both Thales and Airbus being … Continue reading
Within the last week, China has launched new satellites for both its High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) and Beidou, the Chinese global Navigation Satellite System constellation. Both of which have been many years in development. Last Wednesday, 17th June, the … Continue reading
This is our update on the satellites currently orbiting the Earth as at the 31st March 2020. According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, maintained by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), there were … Continue reading
Despite being the highest point on the planet, even Everest has felt the long reach of the pandemic, and we’re going to look at a couple of these impacts. The image n the left is Mount Everest acquired from Landsat-8. … Continue reading
We know Brexit only happened twelve days ago and whilst little has practically changed due to the transition arrangements, there have already been interesting developments for the UK Space Industry. Yes, really! On the 3rd February, the European Commission adopted … Continue reading
On Monday I was part of the fantastic event Careers Launch Cornwall at Goonhilly Earth Station! It was for students aged between 15 and18 and aimed to introduce them to potential careers in space. It was organised in collaboration with … Continue reading
Spaceway-1 is a television satellite owned by DirecTV, which in turn is owned by AT&T, and DirecTV recently filed a request with US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to make an emergency deorbit Spaceway-1. This is because, in December, … Continue reading
Three news items on satellites caught our attention this week. Firstly, at the end of September, it was announced that the DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) was fully operational. This is a hyperspectral imager attached to the exterior of the … Continue reading
