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...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... across our five fields of activity - launchers, science, observation, communications and defence. Our forward-looking strategy is based ... Mars Space also plays a very significant role in Earth observation as well. When you speak about the Internet of...
20 September 2021
New partnership to deliver high-value EO agriculture data
... set to combine their respective thermal infrared and hyperspectral imagery expertise to deliver high-value Earth observation (EO) data to enable a wide range of sustainable agricultural applications. Based in Germany, ConstellR is pioneering the use...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
.... About the author Nicolas Lévêque joined Airbus (then Astrium) in 2007. He has worked on and managed various Earth observation studies, including the Sentinel -5 Precursor project since late 2009, in the dual role of platform system engineer...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... in contrast to much slower end-to-end lifecycles through dedicated and siloed services in the past, whether in satcom or Earth observation. With both incumbents (as well as other major CSPs such as Google and IBM) being experienced service providers...
