Last night saw the successful launch of Sentinel-1D aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket was launched just after 22:00 (CET) and was put into a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 693 kilometres. As … Continue reading
Next Tuesday, 3rd December, is the current scheduled launch date for the Sentinel-1C satellite. The launch is planned to take off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 10.20 p.m. (CEST) aboard the Vega C rocket launcher, which should … Continue reading
As we reach the final blog of 2022, we’re using this week to look back at Pixalytics’ most popular blogs of the last year. Have you read all of these? Our most viewed blog of the year was How many … Continue reading
We’re all dressed in black this week as we mourn the loss of three satellites: EOS-02 & AzaadiSAT Satellites In our previous blog we wrote about the planned launch last weekend of the EOS-02 & AzaadiSAT satellites by the Indian … Continue reading
Latest news in the world of Earth Observation (EO) includes the launch of two new satellites, and the latest updates on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-1 constellation. Gaofen-3 03 Last Thursday, China successfully launched the Gaofen-3 03 EO satellite … Continue reading
This week we’re looking at the ongoing problems for the Sentinel-1B satellite, together with a new satellite launch from China, and a potentially gaming changing new service developed by Wuhan University. Sentinel-1B Satellite Sentinel-1B data users will know that the … Continue reading
News of problems for Copernicus Sentinel-1B, and a glimpse of the Earth Observation (EO) priorities for NASA, this week. Starting in Europe, the concerning news is that Copernicus 1B suffered an anomaly on the 23rd December, as reported on the … Continue reading
There was be a significant milestone achieved for the European Commission’s Copernicus Programme with the launch of the Sentinel-1B satellite. It was the fourth satellite launched, and will complete the first of the planned constellations as the second Sentinel-1 satellite. It was launched … Continue reading
