Download this page in PDF format At the International Astronautical Congress, which took place last week in Milan, Italy, the European Union (EU) confirmed that funding had been agreed for the development of all six Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions as … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format The Earth Observation (EO) sector has been active this week with new contracts, agreements, and satellite launches. TRUTHS This week, two contracts for the next phase of the European Space Agency’s Traceable Radiometry Underpinning … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format The focus this week is on the latest Earth Observation (EO) news from China and the United Kingdom (UK). China Two Earth Observation Satellite Launches Last Week The first, on the 7th September, was … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format This week we’re focussing on the latest developments on European launch facilities, and European scientific programmes. European Space Launches Last Wednesday the Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana for … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Space is a difficult environment to work in, but even getting there is also difficult. We’re looking at some of those challenges with satellite launch failures, importance of data and why the UK is … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format It’s was announced yesterday that OneWeb, the satellite internet broadband firm partly owned by the UK Government, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French company Eutelsat Communications to support the merger of … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format There is huge concern within the UK science and business communities that the country is about to walk away from the Horizon Europe research programme, the Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) Programme, and the Euratom … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Last week the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) signed a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) that marks the start of a new EU space programme covering the period to 2027. … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format As everyone in Europe will be aware, and probably others around the world, after four years of talking an eleventh hour trade agreement was reached between the UK and Europe on the 24th December … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format The ripples of the global pandemic are being felt by the European Earth Observation (EO), and wider, space industry as the leaders of the twenty-seven European Union (EU) countries agreed a € 750 billion … Continue reading
