Download this page in PDF format As everyone knows the British love to talk about the weather, and in the UK we are currently in our official fourth heatwave of the year. A heatwave is declared when temperatures meet or … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format This week, we are catching up with the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches from NASA and China and looking forward to the planned NOAA EO launch next week. NASA Launches A pair of … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Following last week’s blog about the deorbiting of the European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite, this week we’ve got an ERS-2 update, plus a second deorbit – with Cartosat-2 returning to Earth, and finally the … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Everyone knows the British like to talk about the weather. But last week even NASA was talking about the British weather – so you know something must be happening! Well, it’s been hot. Now … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format Plymouth University’s Space Society plans to send a small bottle of gin ‘into space’ attached to a weather balloon at the end of March. The aim is to send the bottle 100,000 feet above the Earth, equivalent … Continue reading
Download this page in PDF format On Saturday, 19th November, at 10.42pm GMT the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) is due to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. The GOES-R is a geostationary weather satellite operated by … Continue reading
