May 2018
Delivering farming solutions with satellite-powered data analytics
... to get an estimate of total agricultural production. This is a very manual and time intensive process. Smart sampling, using satellite-based crop clustering techniques can be used to reduce the time for identification of these plots and optimising...
05 May 2016
Contract signed by Airbus, Space UK and ESA to deliver Biomass satellite
... of habitat loss and the possible subsequent effect this may have on biodiversity in the forest environment. The satellite is also equipped with an experimental ‘tomographic’ phase, that can provide a 3D view of the forests as it maps the topography...
06 September 2017
First ever voice call by nano-satellite technology
... announcing this news and setting a precedent in the satellite communications industry. After months of hard work we are... practice. Our technology works. Demonstrating that our nano-satellites are capable of facilitating services such as sending a ...
15 January 2018
Earth-i launches first-of-a-kind satellite
...services company based in the UK, has confirmed that its first-of-a-kind, pre-production prototype satellite of its upcoming Vivid-i satellite constellation was successfully launched on Friday. The new commercial constellation boosts that it will not...
07 December 2018
Misplaced satellites provide highest accuracy yet of Einstein's theory
... not where they were supposed to be. Launched back in 2014, a malfunctioning Soyuz upper stage rocket stranded the satellites in orbits that were too elliptical to be used for their intended purpose - navigation. Despite an attempt by ESA flight...
28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
... of debris; hundreds of which will remain floating around in orbit for decades to come. In 2008, the US shot down a satellite at a lower altitude of 240 kilometres, but due to the decreased distance it produced minimal debris that decayed out...
