Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
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Satellite Births & Cheating Death
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Satellite Births and Coming Losses
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Mass Coral Bleaching Again!
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Satellite Launches To Look Out For In 2022
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launches
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
Future Launches, Current Launches and Data from Launches Past!
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
First Image and First Orbits
Download this page in PDF format Last week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a fantastic shot of the Earth, shown on the left, from the GOES-17 satellite. The satellite was launched on the 1st March 2018 and … Continue reading
EO Market Is a-Changin’
Download this page in PDF format Historically, if you wanted satellite Earth Observation (EO) data your first port of call was usually NASA, or NOAA for meteorological data, and more recently you’d look at the European Union’s Copernicus programme. Data … Continue reading
Four Key Earth Observation Trends For 2018
Download this page in PDF format This week we’re looking at this year’s key trends in Earth Observation (EO) that you need to know. Rise of the Data Buckets! EO data is big! Anyone who has tried to process EO … Continue reading