Aeolus, the European Space Agency’s wind sensing satellite, has been encapsulated into the Vega launcher at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou ready for launch on the 21 August. Built by Airbus, Aeolus will be the first satellite capable of performing global wind-component-profile observation on a daily basis in near Read more…
The UK-assembled Sentinel-5P satellite has launched from Russia as part of the EU’s Copernicus Earth-monitoring programme, on a mission to monitor air quality around the globe. Its Dutch-designed instrument will make 20 million observations daily, building maps of polluting gases and particles known to be harmful to health. Watch the Read more…
CEOI and the Satellite Applications Catapult are delighted to announce key note speakers from the European Space Agency and from Earth-i, who will give an overview of the rapidly emerging landscape of satellite constellations. These constellations are particularly interesting in the Earth Observation (EO) field as they are powered by Read more…
In a great example of what can be shown using satellite imagery, blogger Pierre Markuse has used Copernicus Sentinel data to highlight the damage a wild fire reaked on the vegitation of Western Greenland. Visit ‘Before and After Images of the Greenland Wildfire in July/August 2017‘ to see how satellite Read more…
For the fifth time, ESA will be inviting 20 developers to its ESRIN location in Frascati (including travel expenses and accommodation). The Space App Camp is an opportunity to spend a week with like-minded people, gaining insight into the European Space Programmes, and learning how to enrich mobile applications with Read more…
EARSC and The Green Land investigated the benefits brought by the use of satellite imagery to monitor gas pipelines at affordable costs in the Netherlands. Between €15.2m and €18.3m of economic benefit could be made each year in the whole country thanks to this application. Indeed, subsidence can cause gas Read more…
The Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union is pleased to announce the organisation of the Copernicus – Sentinels Serving Society and the Environment conference on 12 and 13 May 2014 in Athens. This conference will: a) provide public administrations and businesses with practical examples of geospatial solutions Read more…
Satellite data to improve storm surge warnings December and January have proven to be wet and windy months in the UK, with several severe storms causing major flooding from both heavy rainfall and storm surges, as well as exceptional wave swells. The impact of storms, such as those experienced in Read more…
2.30pm Wednesday 26th February 2014 Finmeccanica, 8-10 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AE Come along to the latest BARSC presentation where ESA’s UK Ambassador for the Integrated Applications Promotion, Ian Downey will explain more about the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications and the IAP programme, including the funding Read more…
Innovative developers from Europe with experience in app development are invited to apply for admission to the Space App Camp by 3 March 2014. The EU co-funded project S2G2M2 is inviting 20 developers to the European Space Agency in the Netherlands (including travel expenses and accommodation) for the chance to Read more…