Latest Rideshare Satellites

Download this page in PDF format On Sunday, 3rd May, SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying 45 satellites on board. As usual with these … Continue reading

China Increasing it’s Influence in Earth Observation

Download this page in PDF format This week we’re looking at the different ways China is increasing influence over the Earth Observation (EO), and wider space sector, across the globe; including supporting satellite launches, helping develop other countries capacity and … Continue reading

Greenhouse and Literary Satellite Launches

Download this page in PDF format This week we’re highlighting some recent satellite launches, the first of which is the launch by China of a climate satellite monitoring greenhouse gases; and secondly recent Portuguese launches that have literary connections. China … Continue reading

Artemis Satellite Hitchhikers

Download this page in PDF format We couldn’t do anything other than the Artemis II mission for the blog this week, but rather than the moon mission itself we’re going to cover the other four satellite payloads, which have not … Continue reading

Myriad of Satellite Launches

Download this page in PDF format This week has seen Space-X’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission successfully launch 119 satellites into orbit. While this is a myriad of new satellites in orbit, it is well below the single mission record of 143 … Continue reading

Earth Observation Satellite News

Download this page in PDF format We’re looking at the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite developments around the globe this year, with reports from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Africa Starting in Africa, earlier this week the Kenya Space Agency … Continue reading

Artificial Intelligence Coming to Space

Download this page in PDF format This week NVIDIA have talked about the need and benefits of having artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in space, and China has launched a demonstration satellite doing the same thing amongst a raft of other … Continue reading

Calibration By Moonlight

Download this page in PDF format Reports on work regarding the calibration and validation of Earth Observation (EO) sensors caught our attention this week – in terms of using moonlight and collaboration. In addition, we look at the latest EO … Continue reading

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026

Download this page in PDF format Last week was the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2026 held at the Scottish Event Campus, in Glasgow, this year. It is a biennial event which was first held in February 1982 in San Antonio, … Continue reading

Satellite Data Monitoring Soil Health & Valuing Natural Assets

Download this page in PDF format Once again, this week it was articles about using satellite data to support the agricultural sector that caught our attention. Two reports from the United States about soil health, plus a paper on valuing … Continue reading