Satellite First Light, Launches & Photographs

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

Satellite Launches This Month

This week we’re catching up on some of the interesting satellite launches over the last month, as usual China has been very active, and, equally predictably, so have Starlink. China Earth Observation Satellite Launches The latest launch, on the 20th … Continue reading

Non-COP Remote Sensing News!

It won’t have escaped your notice that COP26 is taking place in Glasgow in the UK this week. There are a lot of articles coming out on how Earth Observation (EO) can support the measurement and monitoring of various aspect … Continue reading

Satellite Launches, Losses & A Postponement

On the 7th September 2020 China successfully launched the Gaofen 11-2 optical Earth Observation (EO) satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center aboard a Long March 4B rocket. This satellite, which forms part of the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS), will … Continue reading

New Launches, New Images and New Satellites

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

Earth Observation Satellites Planned for 2020

As we begin the New Year we thought we’d look at some of the satellite launches that the Earth Observation (EO) community should be watching out for in the coming twelve months. Possibly the most anticipated launch will keep us … Continue reading

EO Satellite Launches, Planned Launches and Deorbits

Whilst we’ve been talking about the exciting things from ESA’s Living Planet, there’s been quite a number of launches, planned launches and de-orbits within the industry. To start with, on the 22nd May, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) took … Continue reading