I spent last week in London at the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) October 2023 Open Standards Code Sprint. Or to put it another way, I spent three full days simply coding, one of my favourite ways to pass the time! … Continue reading
My European travels have continued after my visit to EGU, last week I was in Geneva at CERN, also known as the European Organization for Nuclear Research. I was attending the PV2023 conference titled ‘Adding value (to) and preserving Scientific … Continue reading
Following on from our previous blogs discussing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth observation, this week’s blog focuses on its use for monitoring the Arctic. The extent of Arctic sea-ice cover has declined for the entire period that … 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
We’re in the middle of the 2019 British Science Week! It’s an annual event promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) across the UK and, slightly contrary to its name runs for ten days, which this year is from the … Continue reading
It was great to be invited to give the introductory talk at the inaugural Plymouth NASA Space Apps Challenge last weekend. Space Apps is a two-day international hackathon hosted in cities around the world, globally coordinated by NASA. It began … Continue reading
It’s been a bit of rollercoaster week for the UK Space Industry. The positive news is that on Sunday, 16th September, at 16.38 GMT two UK satellites were launched onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan … 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
The two main types of satellite data are optical and radar used in remote sensing. We’re going to take a closer look at each type using the Ankgor Wat site in Cambodia, which was the location of the competition we … Continue reading
As students, we are forever encouraged to find work experience to develop our real-life skills and enhance our CV’s. During the early period of my second year I was thinking about possible work experience for the following summer. Thanks to … Continue reading
