Monday, February 29th, 2016
Feb. 29, 2016—Operators of UK transport networks are the first who are set to benefit from Live Land, a satellite-based land monitoring system developed through ESA. Transport operators across the UK face significant challenges in monitoring and detecting landslides and subsidence across their networks. Incidents in the vicinity of roads and railways, resulting from such
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
Climate change is much discussed, says Dr Simon Keogh of the Met Office, and to inform the conversation the Met Office uses historical scientific data including sea-surface temperature records, based on data from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) series of satellite instruments. These instruments, designed and built in the UK, provided accurate infrared measurements
Monday, December 28th, 2015
British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is today marking the 10th year of in-orbit operations from its GIOVE-A satellite, the pathfinder mission for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation programme. Since retirement from its original mission for the European Space Agency, SSTL has operated the spacecraft at 23,300km where it provides valuable data about the
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
November 23, 2015 —The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month.
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, November 12, 2015 — Euroconsult’s latest report, Satellite Value Chain: The Snapshot 2015, brings together a selection of key trends and indicators on supply and demand from Euroconsult’s 2015 reports complemented by additional dedicated research on the commercial satellite business to give a snapshot of the commercial satellite value chain. Along
Monday, November 9th, 2015
November 9, 2015 — Indonesia is on fire – the island state is currently facing a bitter struggle against forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo, most likely caused by illegal ‘slash and burn’ farming to clear the land for palm oil or timber plantations. The extremely dry conditions resulting from the El Niño
Monday, November 9th, 2015
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, November 9, 2015 — Euroconsult today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the World Space Risk Forum (WSRF) whereby Euroconsult will assist in the WSRF’s commitment to the creation of a comprehensive platform for the global space risk community.
Friday, November 6th, 2015
November 6, 2015 — Sentinel-3A’s preparation is finished and the satellite will soon be shipped to the Russian Cosmodrome of Plesetsk, in Northern Russia for its launch on top of a Rockot planned end of this year.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, September 29, 2015 — According to Euroconsult’s newly published report, Maritime Telecom Solutions by Satellite, Global Market Analysis & Forecasts, the value of the global maritime satellite communications market will double over the next decade, with a CAGR of 6% in terminals and 8% in revenue over the 10-year period. Ever-increasing data
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
September 29, 2015 — With the new Earth observation satellites carrying a range of technologies such as radar and multispectral imaging instruments for land, ocean and atmospheric monitoring, data are available for the next 20–30 years. However, this means little unless there are capable people handling them.
