This week we look at the first light images form the NISAR satellite, the latest Earth Observation (EO) launches from China, and the slightly bizarre trend of satellites taking pictures of each other! NISAR First Light Images The first images … 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
Within the last week, China has launched new satellites for both its High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) and Beidou, the Chinese global Navigation Satellite System constellation. Both of which have been many years in development. Last Wednesday, 17th June, the … Continue reading
As we suggested a couple of weeks ago the first Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches of the year were completed by China on the 15th January when the Long March 2D rocket took four satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan … Continue reading
Land classification has long been a key staple of the Earth Observation industry, and at the end of January, an exciting paper was published on how satellite data could be used to support work on anti-slavery. The paper ‘Earth Observation … Continue reading
Two of the satellites launched on 12th January by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have released their first images. We wrote about the launch two weeks ago, and wanted to follow up on their initial outputs. The first is … Continue reading
Back in April I received an invitation to speak at the ‘One Step Beyond’ TEDx event organised at the National Space Centre in Leicester, with my focus on the Blue Economy and Earth Observation (EO). We’ve been to a few … Continue reading
