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
Today, we’re looking at a trilogy of Earth Observation (EO) satellite first light images released last week. All three satellites were launched over the last couple of months, and it is exciting to see what they are acquiring. Sentinel-2C First … Continue reading
I spent last week in York at the UK National Earth Observation Conference 2024. This joint event occurs every few years, and is organised by the National Centre of Earth Observation (NCEO), the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc), Centre … Continue reading
Update: Copernicus Sentinel-2C launched successfully in the early hours of Thursday morning. Launch was delayed 24 hours due to electrical issues. The launch of the Sentinel-2C satellite is scheduled for the early hours of Wednesday 4th September 2024 Central European … Continue reading
SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission with a payload of CubeSats took off last Friday, 16th August, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. As usual with these rideshare missions, there was a variety of Earth Observation (EO) small satellites and … Continue reading
The eyes of the sporting world have turned towards France, and we thought it was a good opportunity to look at some venues from space. Last weekend saw the conclusion of the Tour de France with a stunning victory for … Continue reading
The danger of being in space was highlighted in the last couple of weeks with the break-up of a Russian satellite creating hundreds of pieces of space debris, which can be a risk to other orbiting craft, including those with … Continue reading
Focusing this week on the successful launch of the Japanese Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4, together with the first light image from the recently launched EarthCARE satellite. Launch The start of the month saw the successful launch of an Earth Observation … Continue reading
The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite is scheduled to be launched next week. This is joint European/Japanese mission involving European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), & Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology … Continue reading
Looking at the launches of a chatbot, Russian and Chinese Earth Observation (EO) satellites that have been announced, and occurred over the last week. Chatbot Launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the EO sector for years through the … Continue reading
