Earth Observation Satellite News

We’re looking at the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite developments around the globe this year, with reports from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Africa Starting in Africa, earlier this week the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) launched the Kenya Earth Observation … Continue reading

Earth Observation Satellite Launches

This week has seen several satellite launched around the world, with new Earth Observation (EO) satellites going up, together with the latest salvo in the space-based broadband battle. China Last weekend, China successfully launched three satellites on the Gravity-1 rocket, … Continue reading

Ice at Top & Bottom of the World

We’re looking at the top and bottom of the world this week, specifically at aspects of ice and what’s below it in the Arctic and Antarctica. Arctic Last week a report from NASA and the United States National Snow and … Continue reading

Satellite Successes & Failure

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

Latest Earth Observation Satellite Launches

The last week has been a busy for Earth Observation (EO) satellites, with launches across the world. Listed below is our pick of the latest EO satellites to go into orbit. Chinese Satellite Launches A group of four PIESAT-2 EO … Continue reading

Last & Next EO Launch, & Data Availability

The latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches are from Russia, with the next expected launch being from Japan, and details of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) datasets publicly available from America. Leapling Russia Satellite Launch On the 29th February the Soyuz-2-1b … Continue reading

Space Challenges Before Orbit

Space is a difficult environment to work in, but even getting there is also difficult. We’re looking at some of those challenges with satellite launch failures, importance of data and why the UK is no closer to participating in the … Continue reading

New Earth Observation Launches and Funding

Looking at the latest Earth Observation (EO) launches in India and Japan together with an announcement on funding from the UK Space Agency. India’ Earth Observation Launches Last Friday, India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) successfully put three satellites into … Continue reading

Space Sector – Small & Long Aspects

This week we’re going to look at the implications of recent events at Spaceport Cornwall on the wider space sector, together with the latest financing news for the sector and the final demise of a satellite after almost 40 years … Continue reading

Latest Earth Observation Satellite Launches

Earth observation (EO) satellites were amongst the payload on board the H-IIA rocket which was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at 1.08pm on Monday 29th October from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan. The largest satellite … Continue reading