Last week we focused on the insurance side of what happens when something goes wrong in space. This is an unexpected follow-up, or part two, of that blog as by coincidence a couple of high-profile examples have occurred in the … Continue reading
‘In space, no-one can hear you scream’ according to the film Alien, and whilst that might be true when things go wrong in space there may well be a few audible screams down here on Earth specifically from the insurance … Continue reading
EgyptSat-A, also known as MisrSat-A, was launched on Thursday 21st February from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by the Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket. This is Egypt’s third Earth observation satellite following EgyptSat-1 and EgyptSat-2. which were launched in 2007 and 2014 respectively. … Continue reading
2018 ended with the launch of over twenty Earth Observation (EO) satellites on the 27th December, onboard the Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Amongst its payload were: Kanopus-V 5 and 6 – two high resolution optical land observation … Continue reading
If you’d like to see the 2019 update, please click here. This is our annual update on the satellites currently orbiting the Earth. How many satellites are orbiting the Earth? According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space … Continue reading
Unauthorised satellite launches caught our eye this week. According to reports the US firm Swarm Technologies Inc. launched four satellites in January without the permission of the US satellite regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). All satellite launches require a … Continue reading
If you’d like to see the 2018 update, please click here. This is our annual update on the satellites currently orbiting the Earth. How many satellites are orbiting the Earth? According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space … Continue reading
The changing Earth Observation (EO) market has been a topic of office conversation this week at Pixalytics. We’re currently in the final stage of developing our own product portal, and it was interesting to see that some of our thoughts … Continue reading
The 2017 UKSEDS National Student Space Conference took place last weekend at the University of Exeter and I was delighted to be asked to give a presentation. UKSEDS, the acronym of the ‘UK Students for the Exploration and Development of … Continue reading
If you’d like the updated details for 2017, please click here. This is our annual update on the satellites currently orbiting the Earth. How many satellites are orbiting the Earth? According to the Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space … Continue reading
