Summarising the latest Earth Observation (EO) news, this week we’re looking at the latest Copernicus Contributing Mission, the latest solar observation satellite from China, a HAPS world altitude record and an announcement from Monaco! We’ll start with the Copernicus Contributing … Continue reading
NASA’s Landsat-9 was successfully launched on the 27th September, but it was not the only satellite onboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, as two cubesats also hitched a ride: Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) is an Earth Observation … Continue reading
NASA are preparing to launch Landsat 9 which is scheduled for Monday 27th September from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California using the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket – although there has already been a few … Continue reading
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the UK Earth Observation 2021 week. The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) created a fully packed virtual … Continue reading
Last month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest assessment report on how the planet is being impacted by climate change. The Working Group 1 report is the first instalment of the IPPC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), … Continue reading
Next week is the UK Earth Observation 2021 week! The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) have come together to run a single online conference from … Continue reading
Last week the second satellite in Airbus’ PlĂ©iades Neo Earth Observation (EO) constellation was successfully launched from French Guiana onboard ArianeSpace’s Vega rocket. PlĂ©iades Neo 4 is the second in what will be a four-satellite constellation. The first satellite, PlĂ©iades … Continue reading
Having spent the last few weeks looking at the developing capabilities in Earth Observation (EO) for certain countries, this week we’re looking at the wider picture and having a more detailed look at the overall number of operational satellites who … Continue reading
*** Please Note: Whilst the rocket took off as expected, the satellite was not put into orbit due to a technical issue at Cryogenic Upper Stage in the seventh minute of the launch. The rocket and the satellite were lost … Continue reading
After looking at China in the previous blog, this time we’re highlighting the latest space capability developments within the UK and a few things have happened in the last week. Firstly, last Friday the UK launched Space Command – whilst … Continue reading
