We’re looking at the latest Earth Observation (EO) news from around the globe. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Last week NASA, awarded the latest contract under its Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program, with eight companies selected to provide commercial … Continue reading
This week, we are catching up with the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches from NASA and China and looking forward to the planned NOAA EO launch next week. NASA Launches A pair of NASA CubeSats forming the PREFIRE (Polar … Continue reading
Several news stories caught our attention this week on how Earth Observation (EO) satellite data is being used to monitor the impacts of climate change: global warming, coral bleaching, and flamingos! Global Warming Last week the European Union’s Copernicus Climate … Continue reading
Earth observation as a subject isn’t new. Although satellites have taken it to a new level, observations of the planet have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years. This week two articles on historic Earth observation have caught … Continue reading
This week we’re looking at either end of the life of a satellite. Firstly, an announcement from NOAA on plans to extend the mission of three of their satellites rather than decommissioning them, plus the latest launches from China. Extending … Continue reading
It is the start of an exciting few weeks for the Earth Observation (EO) satellite industry with a number of launches in the coming weeks including the delayed Oceansat-3 which we’ll talk about next week, the UK’s first satellite launch … Continue reading
Mass coral bleaching has occurred on the Great Barrier Reef, for the sixth time, according to the 25th March 2022 update on reef health from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The term mass is used because coral bleaching … Continue reading
Despite the impacts of the continuing pandemic, 2021 witnessed the largest number of objects launched into space in a single year. According to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs Online Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space, there were … Continue reading
The latest satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel family was launched last Saturday, 21st November, at 17.17 GMT. Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was taken into orbit by SpaceX via the Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, … Continue reading
This week we start in the future with ESA’s announcement of an online press conference on Friday 16th October to discuss the November launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’ ocean-monitoring satellite; scheduled to take off on the 10th … Continue reading
