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
As everyone in Europe will be aware, and probably others around the world, after four years of talking an eleventh hour trade agreement was reached between the UK and Europe on the 24th December 2020 to get Brexit done … … 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
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
The UK Space Agency’s biennial ‘Size & Health of the UK Space Industry’ report for 2018 was issued last week. This is put together with the help of London Economics through online questionnaires with organisations engaged in space-related activities, including … Continue reading
A new programme was launched on the 22nd May enabling Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data to be used to support the monitoring of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The principles of CAP were actually included in the Treaty of … Continue reading
Last week I attended the 2017 Conference on Big Data from Space (BiDS’17) that was held in Toulouse, France. The conference was co-organised by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC), and … Continue reading
The future is very much the theme for Earth Observation (EO) in Europe this week. One of the biggest potential impacts for the industry could come out of a meeting that took place yesterday, 7 November, in Tallinn, Estonia as … Continue reading
Brexit currently dominates UK politics. Whilst it’s clear the UK is leaving the European Union (EU) in March 2019, the practical impact, and consequences, are still a confused fog hanging over everything. The UK Government Department for Exiting the European … Continue reading
UK companies involved in European Commission space programmes face an uncertain future according to media reports over the last week. The Financial Times reported that the European Commission wanted two key clauses in the contracts for work on the next … Continue reading
