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
Once again, this week it was articles about using satellite data to support the agricultural sector that caught our attention. Two reports from the United States about soil health, plus a paper on valuing a farm’s natural assets. United States … Continue reading
This week we’re looking at some of the latest the latest policy announcements and reports relating to Earth Observation (EO) around the world: UK In November we reported on The House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee’ first report, … Continue reading
