It’s All Geostationary Satellites!

Latest Earth Observation (EO) geostationary satellite launches, firstly with the Meteosat Third Generation Imager weather satellite at the end of August, and the anticipated launch of India’s EOS-05 satellite later this week. Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite Last week, 27th … Continue reading →

India Developing Its Space Capabilities

*** Please Note: Whilst the rocket took off as expected, the satellite was not put into orbit due to a technical issue at Cryogenic Upper Stage in the seventh minute of the launch. The rocket and the satellite were lost … Continue reading →

Latest EO Geostationary Launches & Update on UK GNSS

The latest Indian Earth Observation satellite due be launched was going to be Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expecting to put the satellite into orbit on the 5th March 2020 via the Geosynchronous Satellite … Continue reading →

Earth observation satellites in space in 2016

If you’d like the 2017 update, please click here. Earth Observation (EO) satellites account for just over one quarter of all the operational satellites currently orbiting the Earth. As noted last week there are 1 419 operational satellites, and 374 … Continue reading →

Supercharging Satellite Data

Satellite remote sensing is set for a speed turbo boost with the launch of the less than snappily named EDRS. The first node of the European Data Relay System (EDRS), which is effectively a space based satellite data super highway, … Continue reading →