News of problems for Copernicus Sentinel-1B, and a glimpse of the Earth Observation (EO) priorities for NASA, this week. Starting in Europe, the concerning news is that Copernicus 1B suffered an anomaly on the 23rd December, as reported on the … Continue reading
The first rideshare launch of 2022 should see over seventy-five satellites put into orbit by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter 3 this week. Taking off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida, the launch is scheduled for Thursday after 15.25 … Continue reading
Despite the impacts of the continuing pandemic, 2021 witnessed the largest number of objects launched into space in a single year. According to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs Online Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, there were … Continue reading
As we reach the final blog of 2021, we’re using this week to look back at Pixalytics’ most popular blogs of the last twelve months. The question is, how many of them have you read? Our most viewed blog of … Continue reading
There is feeling of déjà vu in reporting the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches as, once again, they are from the US company BlackSky and China! On the 9th December the Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle put more two … Continue reading
SpaceX and its Starlink satellites have made the news for multiple reasons this week. On December 2nd SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket put 48 Starlink satellites into a 430 km low earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in … Continue reading
We’re delighted to start this week’s blog with the news that last Thursday Pixalytics won the Pixalytics won the Future Tech Award category of the Tech South West Awards! It was an amazing night for us for many reasons! Firstly, … Continue reading
At last week’s European Space Agency (ESA) member states meeting, in the Portuguese coastal city of Matosinhos, a new vision for space activity in Europe was agreed in response to the feeling that the continent is falling behind China and … Continue reading
A set of six fantastic first light images from Landsat-9 were released by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) last week. All acquired on the 31st October 2021, the images include Detroit & Michigan with Lake Erie as shown … Continue reading
It won’t have escaped your notice that COP26 is taking place in Glasgow in the UK this week. There are a lot of articles coming out on how Earth Observation (EO) can support the measurement and monitoring of various aspect … Continue reading
