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 development. Last Wednesday, 17th June, the … Continue reading
This week we’re putting the focus on the current developments in ocean remote sensing – in the widest sense of the word! Firstly, last Thursday, China launched the Haiyang 1D (HY-1D) satellite, from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on the … Continue reading
Despite being the highest point on the planet, even Everest has felt the long reach of the pandemic, and we’re going to look at a couple of these impacts. The image n the left is Mount Everest acquired from Landsat-8. … Continue reading
Last week we wrote about how Earth Observation satellites were monitoring the changes in nitrogen dioxide levels in country’s placing restrictions on daily life. We’re going to start this week’s blog with a look at how night-time imagery has changed … Continue reading
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
As we suggested a couple of weeks ago the first Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches of the year were completed by China on the 15th January when the Long March 2D rocket took four satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan … Continue reading
As we begin the New Year we thought we’d look at some of the satellite launches that the Earth Observation (EO) community should be watching out for in the coming twelve months. Possibly the most anticipated launch will keep us … Continue reading
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today launched the Cartosat-3 Earth Observation (EO) satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Cartosat-3 was the major payload on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle … Continue reading
Last month was the 25th Anniversary of LITE – the Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) that was the principal payload on the Discovery Space shuttle mission STS-64, which took place between the 9th and 20th of September 1994.  Whilst you … 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
