EarthCARE Satellite Launch Imminent

Download this page in PDF format The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite is scheduled to be launched next week. This is joint European/Japanese mission involving European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), & Japan’s National … Continue reading

Aircraft & Satellite Remote Sensing

Download this page in PDF format This week we’re looking at the latest developments in both satellite and aircraft remote sensing, including recent news on satellite remote sensing in China, and how aircraft overflights in England have helped create a … Continue reading

Non-COP Remote Sensing News!

Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading

Remote Sensing Archaeology

Download this page in PDF format Over the last week, there have three interesting examples of how remote sensing techniques are being used in archaeology to help improve our understanding of history. Firstly, in Scotland, they’ve used airborne lidar on … Continue reading

New Lasers and Aircraft

Download this page in PDF format There have been some interesting first steps within the Earth Observation industry this week. Firstly, NASA provided the first data from it’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission – pronounced Jedi!! The mission was … Continue reading

Ice and Wind Measurements

Download this page in PDF format NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is the latest Earth observation (EO) satellite mission to launch. It left Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States at 13.02 GMT last Saturday. It’s … Continue reading

Earth, Wind and Fire Satellites

Download this page in PDF format We’re looking at current satellite launches interested in measuring the Earth, wind and fire: Earth China launched its Gaofen-11 satellite, via the Long March 4B rocket, on the 30th July from the Taiyuan Satellite … Continue reading

Monitoring Water Quality from Space

Download this page in PDF format Two projects using Earth Observation (EO) data to monitor water quality caught our eye recently. As we’re in process of developing two water quality products for our own online portal, we’re interested in what … Continue reading

Uncovering Secrets with Remote Sensing

Download this page in PDF format Recent significant discoveries in Cambodia and Jordan have highlighted the potential offered by remote sensing and satellite imagery to help uncover secrets on Earth – a field known as satellite archaeology. Cambodia Helicopter mounted … Continue reading

How to Measure Heights From Space?

Download this page in PDF format Accurately measuring the height of buildings, mountains or water bodies is possible from space. Active satellite sensors send out pulses of energy towards the Earth, and measure the strength and origin of the energy … Continue reading