Phytoplankton are microscopic organisations that live in both fresh and seawater and form one of the lowest levels of the aquatic food chain, with many marine creatures eating them. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll, like plants, and therefore require sunlight to survive … Continue reading
Next week is the UK Earth Observation 2021 week! The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI) and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) have come together to run a single online conference from … Continue reading
After looking at China in the previous blog, this time we’re highlighting the latest space capability developments within the UK and a few things have happened in the last week. Firstly, last Friday the UK launched Space Command – whilst … Continue reading
Last week the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) signed a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) that marks the start of a new EU space programme covering the period to 2027. The programme includes investment in space … Continue reading
A briefing paper for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, titled Space-based Earth Observations For Climate Security by Bamber & Bates et al was published by the COP26 Universities Network earlier this month. COP26 is … Continue reading
As everyone in Europe will be aware, and probably others around the world, after four years of talking an eleventh hour trade agreement was reached between the UK and Europe on the 24th December 2020 to get Brexit done … … Continue reading
The world is in the grip of a global pandemic with many countries in a one form of lockdown or another – the UK had its most restrictive measures instigated on Monday – and most businesses are doing their best … Continue reading
The latest Indian Earth Observation satellite due be launched was going to be Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expecting to put the satellite into orbit on the 5th March 2020 via the Geosynchronous Satellite … Continue reading
I came across a sobering article this week in The Conversation written by Wallace Boone Law on the challenges of using satellite data during the recent Australian Bush fires. This article sums up the difficulties our industry has, and why … Continue reading
The European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council met in Seville in Spain last week and agreed the organisations biggest ever budget of €14.338 billion covering the period of 2020. This matched the funding level that ESA was requesting at the meeting, … Continue reading
