Sargassum To Break Records In 2026?

Download this page in PDF format This year is expected to see a record-breaking amount of Sargassum biomass in the Atlantic Ocean according to forecasts from the Mexico based National Earth Observation Laboratory (LANOT), who estimate that 40 million tonnes … Continue reading

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

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

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

Using Satellite Data in Agriculture

Download this page in PDF format Over the last year, we’ve been working on a project examining the use of satellite data in UK agriculture. So, our interest was piqued by a report on a recent paper published in the … Continue reading

Enhancing Satellite Solutions in Agriculture

Download this page in PDF format This year we have been working on a Space4Climate Agriculture Market Breakthrough project to understand the use of satellite services, particularly satellite imagery and its derived data products and services, within the ‘last mile’ … Continue reading

European Space Agency’s Next Three Years

Download this page in PDF format Last week representatives from the twenty-three member states of the European Space Agency, alongside other associate and cooperating nations, met for the Council meeting at Ministerial Level which determines what ESA programs will be … Continue reading