Today we’re looking at the Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches expected this week, together with a shout-out to one of the longest datasets in the industry! SpaceX Launches Note: The expected launch of the two WorldView-Legion satellites detailed below did … Continue reading
A set of six fantastic first light images from Landsat-9 were released by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) last week. All acquired on the 31st October 2021, the images include Detroit & Michigan with Lake Erie as shown … Continue reading
NASA are preparing to launch Landsat 9 which is scheduled for Monday 27th September from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California using the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket – although there has already been a few … Continue reading
The 22nd April is the globally celebrated annual Earth Day co-ordinated by the Earth Day Network and celebrated by 192 countries. This is the forty-ninth Earth Day, and this year the theme is ‘To protect threatened and endangered species’. Scientists … Continue reading
The Landsat programme achieved a couple of significant milestones over the last two weeks. Firstly, the 11th February marked the five year anniversary of the launch of Landsat 8 which took place at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in … Continue reading
Landsat has celebrated forty-five years of Earth observation this week. The first Landsat mission was Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1 (ERTS-1), which was launched into a sun-synchronous near polar orbit on the 23 July 1972. It wasn’t renamed Landsat-1 until … Continue reading
This week we’re focusing on the development of Dubai’s land-coast interface between July 2001 and October 2009, looking specifically at the creation of the Palm islands and the World Archipelago. Dubai is the most populous city in the United Arab … Continue reading
In contrast to our previous blog, this week’s is a celebration of the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite whose death will soon be upon us. EO-1 was launched on the 21st November 2000 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It has … Continue reading
