Highlighting two contrasting approaches to satellite sovereignty within the Earth Observation (EO) sector this week, starting with news on the demise of Sentinel-1A and then moving onto interesting reports from Russia. Sentinel-1A Following last week’s blog about the contract for … Continue reading
Last week I attended the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Connect Helsinki – it was OGC’s 135th Technical Meeting – titled ‘Interoperable Systems, Real-World Impact – A Global Community at Work.’ The meeting took place between the 1st and 4th June … Continue reading
Next Tuesday, 3rd December, is the current scheduled launch date for the Sentinel-1C satellite. The launch is planned to take off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 10.20 p.m. (CEST) aboard the Vega C rocket launcher, which should … Continue reading
At the International Astronautical Congress, which took place last week in Milan, Italy, the European Union (EU) confirmed that funding had been agreed for the development of all six Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions as part of its Earth Observation (EO) … 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
There have been a couple of interesting documents issued recently regarding the state of our oceans. European Union Copernicus Ocean State Report Last week saw the publication of the 7th edition of the European Union Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR … Continue reading
The focus this week is on the latest Earth Observation (EO) news from China and the United Kingdom (UK). China Two Earth Observation Satellite Launches Last Week The first, on the 7th September, was the Yaogan 33-3 which was launched … Continue reading
Space is a difficult environment to work in, but even getting there is also difficult. We’re looking at some of those challenges with satellite launch failures, importance of data and why the UK is no closer to participating in the … Continue reading
Summarising the latest Earth Observation (EO) news, this week we’re looking at the latest Copernicus Contributing Mission, the latest solar observation satellite from China, a HAPS world altitude record and an announcement from Monaco! We’ll start with the Copernicus Contributing … Continue reading
Last week the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) signed a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) that marks the start of a new EU space programme covering the period to 2027. The programme includes investment in space … Continue reading
