We often discuss the launches of new Earth Observation satellites, but this week we’re moving onto a new satellite’s next key stage – the first images it acquires. In this blog, its the first light images from Sentinel-3C and the … Continue reading
Last Thursday saw the latest SpaceX rideshare mission take off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission, called Transporter-18 had 130 payloads on board. The main payload was the experimental satellite Suncatcher … Continue reading
On Sunday, 3rd May, SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying 45 satellites on board. As usual with these rideshare missions, there were several Earth … Continue reading
Three news items caught our attention this week: a first light image from the Italian Earth Observation (EO) IRIDE satellite constellation, the birth of a new wildfire detection constellation, and a reduction in the number of weather balloon launches. First … Continue reading
