This week has seen two launches from some of the workhorses of the satellite industry, namely one of China’s Long March rockets and Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket; however, the outcomes of the launches were very different, demonstrating how difficult the … Continue reading
In Europe we are entering the summer holiday season, and people are starting to go away to relax and refresh themselves; however, there is no such slowdown in the Earth Observation sector with the potential for a launch three times … Continue reading
Looking at the latest satellite launches from China, alongside first light images released by BlackSky, and the layoffs in the United States which could impact the Earth Observation (EO) sector. Latest Chinese Launches Last Thursday saw the launch of two … Continue reading
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
As 2024 begins we’re looking at some of the key Earth Observation (EO) satellite that are already planned to be launched this year. 1st Quarter NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is due to be launched on the … Continue reading
We’re looking at the impact of launch failures for Earth Observation (EO) satellites, together with a potential 3D-printed rocket launch. Starting with the launch failures: Japanese Launch We have to report the loss of an EO satellite on Monday as … Continue reading
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
As we reach the final blog of 2022, we’re using this week to look back at Pixalytics’ most popular blogs of the last year. Have you read all of these? Our most viewed blog of the year was How many … Continue reading
The UK is getting closer to joining the club of satellite launching nations according to two announcements made last week, with progress being made for both horizontal and vertical launch facilities in Cornwall and Scotland respectively. Horizontal Satellite Launch It … Continue reading
Latest news in the world of Earth Observation (EO) includes the launch of two new satellites, and the latest updates on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-1 constellation. Gaofen-3 03 Last Thursday, China successfully launched the Gaofen-3 03 EO satellite … Continue reading
