Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
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Earth Observation Small Satellites
Download this page in PDF format SpaceX’s next rideshare mission for small satellites, Transporter 10, is expected to take off later this week – with the launch currently scheduled for the 4th March from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. While … Continue reading
Satellite Returns & Launches
Download this page in PDF format Following last week’s blog about the deorbiting of the European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite, this week we’ve got an ERS-2 update, plus a second deorbit – with Cartosat-2 returning to Earth, and finally the … Continue reading
Approaches To Space Debris!
Download this page in PDF format This week we’re looking at two space debris satellite events occurring in the second half of this month, one coming down and the other going up! End of ERS-2 It is anticipated that the … 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
Celebration for Proba-1 CHRIS
Download this page in PDF format Last week, I was in Ghent, Belgium, at the PROBA-1 CHRIS End of Mission Workshop hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA). As the name suggests, the workshop marked the end of data collection … Continue reading
Earth Observation In Asia & Africa
Download this page in PDF format This week, we are looking at Earth Observation (EO) developments in Asia and Africa – China’s first EO launches of the year and the Côte d’Ivoire latest Land Cover map using Sentinel-2 data. China’s … Continue reading
Looking Back Into Earth Observation History
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
Earth Observation Satellite Launches 2024
Download this page in PDF format 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 … Continue reading
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