October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... oceans and the ice sheet thickness that blankets Greenland and Antarctica. When combined with other satellite data, analyses showing how the volume of Earth’s ice is changing leads to a better understanding of the relationship between ice...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... economic trends through its Analytics-as-a-Service products. SpaceKnow SMI (China Satellite Manufacturing Index) is the first trading index based on satellite data to be featured on the Bloomberg Terminal. Next steps The EO landscape may radically...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... least three times a day, for any place on Earth. To enable an optimal utilisation of the full constellation of satellites, data acquisition plans and operational changes (due to cloud cover) will be semi-automatic. Derived information and integrated...
October 2019
Ground segment transformation - convergence of NewSpace and the cloud
... be challenging to grasp the full end-user benefits of marrying where satellite data first hits the ground with the most scalable, secure and cost-effective data processing environments on Earth. And it is important to note it is not simply a matter...
January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
...them for years to come. The Irrawaddy River in Myanmar captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite in March 2017 after the harvesting season. Satellite data was used in climate-proofing water supply and wastewater facilities in Mandalay, Myanmar...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... usage, as well as air and water pollution in built-up areas. All of this can be assessed with the use of satellite data and imagery. It is possible that with national and international policy initiatives to make working from home a normalised...