As we highlighted in our previous blog, I am in Austria this week at the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium (LPS) 2025 with the theme Transitioning from Observing the Earth to Climate Action. To try and limit my carbon … Continue reading
Last week I attended the ‘The UK Space Sector’ conference which took place on Tuesday 3rd June at the Royal Society in London as part of their ‘Transforming our future’ series of events. This series brings together experts from industry, … Continue reading
NISAR is a joint mission between the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It began over a decade ago when, in September 2014, the two space agencies signed a partnership agreement, … Continue reading
As discussed last weeks, satellite numbers in space changes frequently. This week has been another great example of this: Successful Satellite Launches – China The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation confirmed the successful launch of 12 satellites last Wednesday, … Continue reading
Following last week, where we talked about the growing satellite broadband constellations, this week we’re looking at the latest update on the number of satellites currently orbiting the Earth. The information in this blog is based mostly on the data … Continue reading
Space based broadband, also known as satellite internet and as the names suggest, provides access to broadband without needing any ground-based infrastructure. For example, in the UK, most broadband services are provided to locations via telephone or fibre cables – … Continue reading
Last week, on Earth Day, the European Space Agency (ESA) and IBM Research Europe launched the first version of TerraMind, a powerful next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, that aims to leverage the world’s satellite data to better understand the planet … Continue reading
Next Tuesday morning, 29th April, should see the scheduled launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Biomass mission, the latest of the Earth Explorer missions. Biomass is focused on improving our understanding of the world’s forests and how they are … Continue reading
Two articles close to home caught our attention this week. Firstly, a new map of trees outside woodlands in England created using Sentinel-2 data and other sources, and secondly a fantastic cloud-free image of the British Isles acquired last week … Continue reading
Three news items caught our attention this week: a first light image from the Italian Earth Observation (EO) IRIDE satellite constellation, the birth of a new wildfire detection constellation, and a reduction in the number of weather balloon launches. First … Continue reading
