This week we’re looking at a new satellite launch, and a ten-year old satellite trying out something new! Sentinel-2A Goes Out at Night To disprove the phrase ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks’, Sentinel-2A has completed an innovation … Continue reading
The two main types of satellite data are optical and radar used in remote sensing. We’re going to take a closer look at each type using the Ankgor Wat site in Cambodia, which was the location of the competition we … Continue reading
‘On the road, you will face many stumbling blocks, twists, and turns… You may never know how far the road will take you.’ ** In my case, the road brought me to Plymouth, a city on the south coast of … Continue reading
Sentinel -2A is already producing some fantastic images, and last week ESA announced the availability of Sentinel-2A orthorectified products in the Sentinel Data Hub. This will enable Sentinel-2 data to be accessed more widely, although as we found out this … Continue reading
With spectacular images of an algal bloom in the Baltic Sea, ESA’s Sentinel-2A has announced its arrival to the ocean colour community. As we highlighted an earlier blog, Sentinel-2A was launched in June predominately as a land monitoring mission. However, … Continue reading
Sentinel-2A is due to be launched next Tuesday, 23rd June, from French Guiana. It’s the second satellite in the joint European Union and European Space Agency Copernicus programme, following Sentinel-1A’s launch in April 2014. Sentinel-2A carries a Multispectral Imager (MSI) … Continue reading
