*** 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
With a multitude of new satellite launches and company merger announcements, the Earth Observation (EO) industry has started the summer in buoyant mood. China has driven the new launches with three separate deployments in just six days. These were: 3rd … Continue reading
In the week that the leaders of the G7 and the Queen passed our door on their way to Cornwall, the UK Government offered support for the first satellite to be designed, built and launched in Cornwall! Kernow Sat 1 … Continue reading
Over the last week there have been some interesting news snippets about the Earth Observation (EO) and satellite industries. We’ll start with NASA who issued its budget request for 2022 on the 28th May, asking for $24.801 billion to support … Continue reading
A briefing paper for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, titled Space-based Earth Observations For Climate Security by Bamber & Bates et al was published by the COP26 Universities Network earlier this month. COP26 is … Continue reading
The Pixalytics weekly blog has been on hiatus for the last three months, but now we’re back! Our restart is to co-inside with the celebration of our 9th Birthday, which took place at the start of May. We’re delighted and … Continue reading
Investment in Earth Observation (EO) hit the headlines this week, particularly two announcements from Spain. Firstly, a consortium of twenty-three Spanish companies, led by Open Cosmos, covering the entire upstream and downstream value chain has come together with an ambition … Continue reading
SpaceX set a new world record on Sunday, for the number of satellites sent into space on a single rocket. It launched 143 satellites via is Falcon 9 rocket, which broke the previous world record of 104 set by the … Continue reading
We’re in the middle of a busy period for Earth Observation (EO), with new launches and satellites going into service. We begin the new launches in China with news that on Sunday they launched the Gaofen 9-05 satellite from the … Continue reading
The ripples of the global pandemic are being felt by the European Earth Observation (EO), and wider, space industry as the leaders of the twenty-seven European Union (EU) countries agreed a € 750 billion stimulus package to support their countries … Continue reading
