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
Two interesting developments from India over the last week, looking at the first successful commercial rocket launch showing how the country’s private sector is getting involved in space and secondly reports showing the potential impact of this. India’s First Commercial … Continue reading
Reports on work regarding the calibration and validation of Earth Observation (EO) sensors caught our attention this week – in terms of using moonlight and collaboration. In addition, we look at the latest EO satellite launch – or at least … Continue reading
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
As discussed last weeks, satellite numbers in space changes frequently. This week has been another great example of this: Successful Satellite Launches – China The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation confirmed the successful launch of 12 satellites last Wednesday, … 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
The focus of this week’s blog is India with the anticipated launch of an Earth Observation satellite, plus a new educational course opportunity focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Satellite Launch The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has a … Continue reading
Following last week’s blog about the deorbiting of the European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite, this week we’ve got an ERS-2 update, plus a second deorbit – with Cartosat-2 returning to Earth, and finally the launch of the Indian weather satellite … Continue reading
This week we have details of new satellite launches, a problem on the James Webb Space Telescope, and the impending death of the Aeolus satellite – essentially various aspects of the life cycle of an instrument or satellite. Satellite Births … Continue reading
We’re looking at the OceanSat-3 satellite launch in India this week, together with the latest launches from China and a reminder that in Europe it is the week of the ESA Ministerial! India Satellite Launch The OceanSat-3 satellite is scheduled … Continue reading
