Last Friday afternoon, 26th June, I spent an interesting session at the British Association Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC) Cuddle Number Seven. These networking Cuddles bring together BARSC Members, speakers and other industry organisations to discuss key issues that matter to … Continue reading
Within the last week, China has launched new satellites for both its High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) and Beidou, the Chinese global Navigation Satellite System constellation. Both of which have been many years in development. Last Wednesday, 17th June, the … Continue reading
Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches are currently few and far between, so today we’re going to celebrate one that’s hit ten years in space, and commiserate with two satellites that have reached end of life. The celebration is for ESA’s … Continue reading
As we suggested a couple of weeks ago the first Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches of the year were completed by China on the 15th January when the Long March 2D rocket took four satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan … Continue reading
Last month was the 25th Anniversary of LITE – the Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) that was the principal payload on the Discovery Space shuttle mission STS-64, which took place between the 9th and 20th of September 1994.  Whilst you … Continue reading
It’s been a roller-coaster of announcements for the UK Space industry, and our Earth Observation (EO) industry, over the last month. It began on the 16th July with an announcement by the then Science Minister, Chris Skidmore, of a partnership … Continue reading
There have been some interesting and exciting announcements over the last week related to the space and Earth observation (EO) industries. Firstly, the UK Government announced last week that a National Space Council will be established this year to provide … Continue reading
Whilst we’ve been talking about the exciting things from ESA’s Living Planet, there’s been quite a number of launches, planned launches and de-orbits within the industry. To start with, on the 22nd May, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) took … Continue reading
In the second part of our ESA Living Planet Symposium review, we’re going to concentrate on the Copernicus Programme as it’s one of the main factors driving innovation in the Earth Observation industry at the moment. Key sessions during the … Continue reading
Last week saw over 4 200 Earth Observation (EO) enthusiasts from over 80 countries travel to Milan to attend ESA’s Living Planet Symposium. With a total of 187 scheduled scientific sessions, as well as open assemblies, workshops, demonstrations, poster sessions … Continue reading
