Following last week’s blog about the deorbiting of the European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite, this week we’ve got an ERS-2 update, plus a second deorbit – with Cartosat-2 returning to Earth, and finally the launch of the Indian weather satellite … Continue reading
This week hopes to see the launch of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. It will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, however, the original schedule of a launch … Continue reading
This week we’re looking at the latest developments in both satellite and aircraft remote sensing, including recent news on satellite remote sensing in China, and how aircraft overflights in England have helped create a new dataset. Satellite Remote Sensing Five … Continue reading
This week, we are looking at Earth Observation (EO) developments in Asia and Africa – China’s first EO launches of the year and the Côte d’Ivoire latest Land Cover map using Sentinel-2 data. China’s EO Satellite Launches In our first … Continue reading
Earth observation as a subject isn’t new. Although satellites have taken it to a new level, observations of the planet have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years. This week two articles on historic Earth observation have caught … Continue reading
As 2024 begins we’re looking at some of the key Earth Observation (EO) satellite that are already planned to be launched this year. 1st Quarter NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is due to be launched on the … Continue reading
As we reach the end of 2023, this is our annual blog looking back over the year to see what were Pixalytics’ most popular blogs of the last twelve months. Regular readers of our annual review will know that despite … Continue reading
This week we’re looking at either end of the life of a satellite. Firstly, an announcement from NOAA on plans to extend the mission of three of their satellites rather than decommissioning them, plus the latest launches from China. Extending … Continue reading
The Earth Observation (EO) sector has been active this week with new contracts, agreements, and satellite launches. TRUTHS This week, two contracts for the next phase of the European Space Agency’s Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies mission, known as … Continue reading
This week sees one of the space sector’s premier events take place, with the biennial UK Space Conference at the International Conference Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Space for Our Future The conference takes place between Tuesday and Thursday, and … Continue reading
