13 September 2017
New constellation to reshape Earth observation market
... and secured governmental applications with another four satellites added to our existing Airbus fleet of 10 accessible Earth observation satellites,” said Evert Dudok, Head of Communications, Intelligence and Security at Airbus Defence and Space...
31 July 2019
Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Trends and Challenges for Economy and Society
... Economic Chamber in Graz, Austria. What really impresses in this book is its multidimensional character, as satellite-based Earth observation is explored in its legal, strategic, technical and economic aspects, while at the same time the broad range...
12 April 2019
Earth Observation from Space
... satellites, Europe – and France in particular – has “played a pioneering role in the promotion of satellite-based observation of the Earth”, as this book illustrates. Its somewhat clunky subtitle, “Optical and Radar Imagery – a European Success 1960...
17 November 2020
Vega fails during launch of European Earth observation satellites
... days, and could have helped map natural disasters such as floods, wildfires and earthquakes. ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Josef Aschbacher, said, “We are all very sad for the loss of the SEOSAT-Ingenio land...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... market when the NGA’s large commercial contract comes up for renewal in a few years. With over 200 Earth observation satellites, Planet now operates the largest satellite constellation in history. Deimos, a subsidiary of UrtheCast, has expanded into...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... the Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS), which began operations in December 2016, and the Copernicus Earth observation programmes. Funded and owned by the EU, ESA acts as design and procurement agent for Galileo on behalf of the...
