We’re delighted to start this week’s blog with the news that last Thursday Pixalytics won the Pixalytics won the Future Tech Award category of the Tech South West Awards! It was an amazing night for us for many reasons! Firstly, … Continue reading
SpaceX set a new world record on Sunday, for the number of satellites sent into space on a single rocket. It launched 143 satellites via is Falcon 9 rocket, which broke the previous world record of 104 set by the … Continue reading
Over the last few years the number of satellites being launched has increased dramatically, driven by the rise of smaller satellites. This increase has also led to a logjam in available launch vehicles, which in turn has opened the door … Continue reading
Historically, if you wanted satellite Earth Observation (EO) data your first port of call was usually NASA, or NOAA for meteorological data, and more recently you’d look at the European Union’s Copernicus programme. Data from commercial operators were often only … Continue reading
Earth Observation (EO) satellites currently account for just over a third of all the operational satellites orbiting the Earth. As we described two weeks ago, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists database there were 1 738 operational satellites at … Continue reading
This week we got a glimpse of the UK Government’s view on the space industry, with the publication of Satellites and Space: Government Response to the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee’s Third Report of Session 2016/17. The original … Continue reading
We’re all about small satellites with this blog, after looking at the big beast that is GOES-R last week. Small satellites, microsatellites, cubesats or one of the other myriad of names they’re described as, have been in the news this … Continue reading
Satellite remote sensing industry is evolving and anyone working in it needs to become familiar with the Data, information, Knowledge, Wisdom (DIKW) pyramid as this is one map, albeit simplistic, of the industry’s and our current journey. Historically, satellite data … Continue reading
Satellites, like Dairy Milk, Mars Bars and Snickers, are getting smaller these days. Factors contributing to this shrinkage include new technology, continued miniaturisation of computing components and increased launch costs – whereas smaller size equals less weight and less weight … Continue reading
