Latest #EarthObservation news includes #satellite launches include a Gen-3 satellite for BlackSky and two trios of Yaogen satellites for China, together with the announcement Rocket Lab progressing their expansion into the downstream market. buff.ly/HuilYzg #Space

Latest #EarthObservation #satellite launches for China were trios of Yaogan-53 & Yaogan-56 satellites. Data to be used for applications including scientific research, land surveys, crop yeild estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation. buff.ly/HuilYzg #Space

BlackSky launched thier fifth Gen-3 satellite last week, and published the first acquired image within 20 hours of the launch. This constellation of optical satellites offer a 35cm spatial resolution and fast revisit time. buff.ly/HuilYzg #Space

Latest #EarthObservation news includes #satellite launches include a Gen-3 satellite for BlackSky and two trios of Yaogen satellites for China, together with the announcement Rocket Lab progressing their expansion into the downstream market. buff.ly/HuilYzg #Space

Two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites - Sentinel-3C and FLEX have been successfully launched today via the Vega-C rocket from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. buff.ly/ekvZvcP #EarthObservation #Space

Latest geostationary #EarthObservation satellite launches include the Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I2) weather satellite and India's GISAT-1A geostationary satellite. buff.ly/cPo2cIe #Space

Latest geostationary satellite the launch was the Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I2) weather satellite last week, and on Friday is India's GISAT-1A geostationary satellite launched yesterday. buff.ly/cPo2cIe #EarthObservation #Space

Today saw the launch of India's GISAT-1A geostationary #satellite, capable of imaging India's entire landmass every 30 minutes! Multispectral data providing support for disaster management, weather forecasting, agricultural & security. buff.ly/cPo2cIe #EarthObservation

The Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I2) weather satellite launched last week. A geostationary satellite with an 16 spectral waveband imager, together with a Lightning Imager, to improve weather forecasting over Europe! buff.ly/cPo2cIe #EarthObservation #Space

Latest geostationary satellite the launch was the Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I2) weather satellite last week, and on Friday is India's GISAT-1A geostationary satellite is due to be launched! buff.ly/cPo2cIe #EarthObservation #Space

What time is it on the moon? Well, it is not as easy to answer as you might think. However, it will be critical as lunar missions develop to have an agreed consistent approach to measureing the passage of time on the moon. buff.ly/Z06Tymc #space

Did you know that time passes approximately 57 microseconds faster each day on the Moon, than on Earth. While a tiny amount, it will build up and could impact GPS and navigation systems being used on the Moon? buff.ly/Z06Tymc #space

At the October General Conference on Weights and Measures, there is a proposal for space agencies and assocaited communities to work together to proposal a Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL) to enable everyone to know what time it is on the Moon. buff.ly/Z06Tymc

What time is it on the moon? Well, it is not as easy to answer as you might think. However, it will be critical as lunar missions develop to have an agreed consistent approach to measureing the passage of time on the moon. buff.ly/Z06Tymc #space

The last two weeks has demonstrated the challenges of working in the space sector with rocket success and failure from two of the workhorses of the satellite industry. buff.ly/u3mMvHc

Rocket Lab successfully put the iQPS’ QPS-SAR-13 #EarthObservation #satellite, into a low-Earth orbit via its Electron rocket. This is a SAR satellite with spatial resolution down to less than 0.5 metre in spotlight mode. #space buff.ly/u3mMvHc

Earlier this week the Chinese Long March 7A rocket exploded shortly after take off. It was believed to be carrying the ChinaSat-4B communications #satellite. The cause is reported as an 'in-flight anomaly', although this is still being investigated buff.ly/u3mMvHc #space

The last week has demonstrated the challenges of working in the #space sector with a rocket success and failure from two of the workhorses of the #satellite industry. buff.ly/u3mMvHc #EarthObservation

Last month US FCC gave approval for the Earendil - 1 satellite, which will have an 18m mirror to direct sunlight to specified surface locations. Is this an opportunity to make more use of solar power, or something disrupting natural light and life cycles? buff.ly/6jhgqs3

Last month US FCC gave approval for Reflect Orbital's Earendil - 1 #satellite. It's a test satellite to demonstrate how an 18m mirror can be used to direct sunlight to specified surface locations bringing light to places where the sun has gone down. buff.ly/6jhgqs3