February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
.... This possibility has now become a reality in Europe, thanks to the stimulus of the EU Copernicus flagship Earth observation programme, which has established the operational Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS). EUMETSAT has...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
... satellite sensors. Another space start-up using blockchain is German-based CloudEO which has created a marketplace for Earth observation data, software, infrastructure and related services. The company provides access to all types of geospatial data...
March 2015
JAXA’s challenge to climate change
... before GPM. The Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) satellite, the first US-Japan joint development project in Earth observation, was launched in 1997 to monitor tropical rainfall. GEOSS and Japan’s priorities Japan has been busy promoting...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... from its target planetary systems using a modified telescope system developed by STFC’s RAL Space Facility for Earth observation missions. Behind a 50cm-class primary mirror, a series of small mirrors will fold the light to fit the...
