On Sunday, 3rd May, SpaceX launched its latest rideshare mission, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying 45 satellites on board. As usual with these rideshare missions, there were several Earth … Continue reading
Earth Day 2026 takes place on Wednesday, 22nd April, and the overall theme remains the same as last year, ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, as environmental progress is sustained by daily actions of communities, educators, workers, and families protecting where they … Continue reading
Today, we’re looking at a trilogy of Earth Observation (EO) satellite first light images released last week. All three satellites were launched over the last couple of months, and it is exciting to see what they are acquiring. Sentinel-2C First … Continue reading
SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission with a payload of CubeSats took off last Friday, 16th August, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. As usual with these rideshare missions, there was a variety of Earth Observation (EO) small satellites and … Continue reading
Looking at the latest UK funding for Earth Observation (EO), deorbiting of some EO cubesats, and Planet joining the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies. Funding For UK Earth Observation Last week saw the latest call for grant proposals under … Continue reading
This is not the latest update – you can find the 2025 position here. This is our latest update examining the satellites currently orbiting the Earth. How many satellites are orbiting the Earth? According to the Index of Objects Launched … Continue reading
Looking at the launches and Earth Observation (EO) partnerships that have been occurred at the end of March, together with the next SpaceX rideshare mission which is scheduled for this coming Tuesday and is expected to have EO missions onboard. … Continue reading
Hyperspectral data looks like it will be the next big development in remote sensing with contracts issued last week by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Hyperspectral imaging is where the electromagnetic spectrum is broken down into many, often … Continue reading
As 2022 ended there were Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches, and as 2023 starts there were also EO launches. It seems as the passing of a year barely makes a ripple in our industry. We’re going to start by looking … Continue reading
We’re focusing specifically on the current active Earth Observation (EO) satellites in 2022 this week, following our wider look at satellites orbiting the planet last week. Using the latest update of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) satellite database, which … Continue reading
