One of the key benefits of Earth Observation (EO) is the principle of data continuity – this is having uninterrupted, consistent, long-term datasets available over large areas. This is critical for a variety of reasons, such as understanding what is … Continue reading
Last week was spent surrounded by the dreaming spires of Oxford, at the EarthCARE Science and Validation workshop. The EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite, nicknamed HakuryÅ« (Japanese for “white dragon”), is an amazing European Space Agency/Japanese Space … Continue reading
This week is all about Asia, as we’re highlighting the first light images of a Taiwanese satellite, plus the latest Chinese launches, and a test flight of a high-altitude platform balloon in India. Taiwan Taiwan has confirmed that its first … Continue reading
On Sunday, 3rd May, SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying 45 satellites on board. As usual with these rideshare missions, there were several Earth … Continue reading
This week we’re looking at the different ways China is increasing influence over the Earth Observation (EO), and wider space sector, across the globe; including supporting satellite launches, helping develop other countries capacity and capability, and new approaches to using … Continue reading
This week we’re highlighting some recent satellite launches, the first of which is the launch by China of a climate satellite monitoring greenhouse gases; and secondly recent Portuguese launches that have literary connections. China Launch On Friday 17th April, China … Continue reading
We’re looking at the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite developments around the globe this year, with reports from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Africa Starting in Africa, earlier this week the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) launched the Kenya Earth Observation … Continue reading
This week NVIDIA have talked about the need and benefits of having artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in space, and China has launched a demonstration satellite doing the same thing amongst a raft of other launches. NVIDIA Boldly Goes … Earlier … Continue reading
Reports on work regarding the calibration and validation of Earth Observation (EO) sensors caught our attention this week – in terms of using moonlight and collaboration. In addition, we look at the latest EO satellite launch – or at least … Continue reading
Last week was the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2026 held at the Scottish Event Campus, in Glasgow, this year. It is a biennial event which was first held in February 1982 in San Antonio, Texas. OSM aims to bring together … Continue reading
