March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
... (ISIS) soon found areas of overlapping interest and have gone on to develop high capability and reliable optical Earth observation (EO)payloads for the growing CubeSat market. ISIS was founded in 2006 to provide a full spectrum of CubeSat missions...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...the global monitoring of potable water has identified issues of water security for certain regions of the world. Earth observation satellites are also tackling issues related to deforestation, agriculture and animal migration, which have direct links...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... to see further consolidation as operators try to scale and position themselves for growth. Like satcom, the Earth observation (EO) industry is rapidly transforming with new technologies and will see a significant increase in capacity and modalities...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... The Sentinels form the dedicated part of the Copernicus Space Component. Copernicus is the world’s most ambitious Earth observation programme. Copernicus is led by the European Union, with ESA being the coordinator of the space component. Copernicus...
February 2020
Europe’s role in space standardisation
... currently cover: navigation and positioning receivers for road applications; space situational awareness monitoring; Earth observation; planetary protection; upstream standards; and future activities in space standardisation. ESA is an active member...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... added to LEO. Most recently, on 27 March 2019, India conducted an ASAT test (known as Mission Shakti) on a 740 kg Earth observation satellite called Microsat-R, which added at least 400 new sizable debris objects to the population. A time history...
