It’s was announced yesterday that OneWeb, the satellite internet broadband firm partly owned by the UK Government, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French company Eutelsat Communications to support the merger of the two companies. This is an … 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
After everything else that has happened in 2020, it was revealed yesterday that Mount Everest is actually bigger than was previously thought. This also means that the highest point on Earth is higher than anyone thought! The new height of … 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
Last week saw some interesting developments for the UK Space Industry. Firstly, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Industrial Policy Committee awarded contracts of €2.55 billion for the development of six new Copernicus satellite missions, with both Thales and Airbus being … Continue reading
We know Brexit only happened twelve days ago and whilst little has practically changed due to the transition arrangements, there have already been interesting developments for the UK Space Industry. Yes, really! On the 3rd February, the European Commission adopted … 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
EgyptSat-A, also known as MisrSat-A, was launched on Thursday 21st February from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by the Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket. This is Egypt’s third Earth observation satellite following EgyptSat-1 and EgyptSat-2. which were launched in 2007 and 2014 respectively. … Continue reading
Last week I was in Brussels at the Copernicus Ecosystem Workshop 2018 which took place on the 9th and 10th October at the Docks Dome; an architecturally interesting building located on top of the Docks Bruxsel Shopping Centre. The event … Continue reading
It’s been a bit of rollercoaster week for the UK Space Industry. The positive news is that on Sunday, 16th September, at 16.38 GMT two UK satellites were launched onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan … Continue reading
