A new Chinese launch vehicle had its inaugural flight last weekend from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. The Smart Dragon-1, also known by its Chinese name of Jielong-1, was developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology … Continue reading
One of the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches occurred on the 29th June when Rocket Lab launched seven small satellites into low-Earth orbits from its New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula launch site. The largest satellite of the Electron rocket’s payload … Continue reading
Whilst we’ve been talking about the exciting things from ESA’s Living Planet, there’s been quite a number of launches, planned launches and de-orbits within the industry. To start with, on the 22nd May, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) took … Continue reading
The latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite to go into orbit is the Italian PRISMA satellite that was launched from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana at 0150 GMT on 22nd March 2019. PRIMSA stands for ‘PRecursore Iperspettrale della … Continue reading
We’re so used to seeing headlines about humans destroying the rainforests, swaths of deforestation and our activities affecting the climate; seeing a report suggesting we are making the planet the greener caught our attention. ‘China and India lead in greening … Continue reading
Earth observation (EO) satellites were amongst the payload on board the H-IIA rocket which was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at 1.08pm on Monday 29th October from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan. The largest satellite … Continue reading
Sixty years ago on the 1st October 1958 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA as most people refer to them, began operations. Ten days later they launched their first unmanned mission, Pioneer 1, and since then have sent … 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
We’ve had an interesting couple of days exploring the juxtaposition of the ancient and modern worlds on a short holiday in Liverpool. The city is currently home to the ‘China’s First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors’ exhibition and close by … Continue reading
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
