Data Centres in Space

We regularly blog about the number of satellites in orbit around the Earth, and how much this has increased over the years. Our 2025 version described that around 15,000 satellites were in orbit from the almost 21,000 objects that had … Continue reading

Calibration By Moonlight

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

Pixalytics 2025 Blog of Blogs!

The end of a year is a time for reviewing the previous 12 months, and also time for the top 10 lists of everything from 2025 – and we’re no different at Pixalytics and so this is our annual post … Continue reading

Get Involved in Earth Observation

This week we’re offering you a fantastic opportunity to get involved with Earth Observation (EO) from your own home, through an exciting citizen project to classify clouds on satellite images, together with less positive news on potential EO budget cuts … Continue reading

Satellite Successes & Failure

As discussed last weeks, satellite numbers in space changes frequently. This week has been another great example of this: Successful Satellite Launches – China The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation confirmed the successful launch of 12 satellites last Wednesday, … Continue reading

How many satellites are orbiting the Earth in 2025?

Following last week, where we talked about the growing satellite broadband constellations, this week we’re looking at the latest update on the number of satellites currently orbiting the Earth. The information in this blog is based mostly on the data … Continue reading

TerraMind Launched!

Last week, on Earth Day, the European Space Agency (ESA) and IBM Research Europe launched the first version of TerraMind, a powerful next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, that aims to leverage the world’s satellite data to better understand the planet … Continue reading

Earth Day 2025

Earth Day 2025 takes place next Tuesday, 22nd April, and this year’s theme is ‘Our Power, Our Planet’ which is inviting everyone to unite behind renewable energy and triple the global generation of clean electricity by 2030. This is the … Continue reading

Earth Observation & Donald Trump’s Return

Next Monday, 20th January, Donald Trump once again becomes President of the United States, and so this week we’re looking at some potential impacts this might have for the Earth Observation (EO) sector. However, it should be noted that this … Continue reading

New Earth Observation Science Strategy

This week the European Space Agency has released its new Earth Observation Science Strategy, Earth Science in Action for Tomorrow’s World. Having a science driven approach at its heart, the new strategy outlines a  vision for Earth science through to … Continue reading