Landsat will celebrate fifty years of Earth Observation (EO) this weekend. The first Landsat mission was Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1 (ERTS-1), which was launched into a 570-mile sun-synchronous near polar orbit on the 23 July 1972 by a Delta … Continue reading
Interesting reports from UK and US Government bodies this week into the Geospatial Strategy and NASA projects, and we’ll look at the issues related to the Earth Observation industry. Â UK Geospatial Strategy A report was issued last week by the … 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’s Landsat-9 was successfully launched on the 27th September, but it was not the only satellite onboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, as two cubesats also hitched a ride: Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) is an Earth Observation … 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
Two reports this week demonstrating the issues and importance of maintaining dataset continuity. Firstly, the Canadian firm, MDA, announced at the beginning of February that they were making progress with the RadarSat-2 Continuity Mission. MDA, who own and operate Radarsat-2, … Continue reading
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
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
Interesting discussions are taking place in the US on the position of free-to-access data which has the potential to affect everyone working in the downstream industry. 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
