Atmosphere Monitoring Satellites Launched & Lost

It has been a rollercoaster week for those of us involved in atmospheric satellite remote sensing. The positive side has seen the launch of Sentinel-4, but the flip side has seen the reported loss of MethaneSAT. Sentinel-4 Launched Copernicus Sentinel-4 was … Continue reading

The Planet Breathes As The World Holds Its Breath

The world is in the grip of a global pandemic with many countries in a one form of lockdown or another – the UK had its most restrictive measures instigated on Monday – and most businesses are doing their best … Continue reading

Happy Birthday Earth Observation!

This week, arguably, marks the birth of the modern Earth Observation (EO). On the 23rd July 1972, the first Landsat satellite was launched – although at the time it was called Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1 (ERTS-1) and was not … Continue reading

No Paraskevidekatriaphobia For Sentinel-5P!

On Friday the latest of the Sentinel satellites, Sentinel-5P, is due to be launched at 09.27 GMT from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. Friday is the 13th October, and within parts of the western world this is considered to be an … Continue reading