Download this page in PDF format This week we start in the future with ESA’s announcement of an online press conference on Friday 16th October to discuss the November launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’ ocean-monitoring satellite; scheduled … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Last Thursday, 6th August, China launched its latest Goafen satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia. The satellite, Gaofen 9 (04), was sent into a polar orbit … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Within the last week, China has launched new satellites for both its High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) and Beidou, the Chinese global Navigation Satellite System constellation. Both of which have been many years in … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format We’re looking at current satellite launches interested in measuring the Earth, wind and fire: Earth China launched its Gaofen-11 satellite, via the Long March 4B rocket, on the 30th July from the Taiyuan Satellite … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Whilst Europe’s Earth Observation (EO) community was focussed on the successful launch of Sentinel-3B last week, you may have missed that it was also an exciting few days for the Chinese EO and space … Continue reading
