“Since launch, we have had four smaller measurable micrometeoroid strikes that were consistent with expectations and this one more recently that is larger than our degradation predictions assumed. We will […]
Meteorological
MetOp-SG-B’s Scatterometer Weather Satellite Weathers Extensive Tests
It will measure wind speed and direction over the ocean surface, to help monitor scale phenomena such as ocean winds and continental ice sheets, and check land surface soil moisture […]
L3Harris High-Resolution Weather Instrument Set to Launch On NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite
L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) third high-resolution weather instrument is set to launch March 1 onboard a NOAA satellite – strengthening the nation’s ability to monitor the environment and rapidly detect severe […]
Hunga Tonga’s Volcanic Eruption Documented By Maxar’s Satellite
Maxar’s satellite imagery shows the aftermath of the large eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano as well as the damage caused by the tsunami in the nearby Tongan […]
RSCC’s Express-AM5 Assisting With Comms During The Yakutia Region’s Fires
The Express-AM5 satellite, operated by RSCC, is now restoring communications and the internet in the Yakutia regions of Russia that have been affected by the fire Information notice — the […]
EUMETSAT Becomes The Largest Operator Of Sentinel Missions
EUMETSAT will become the largest operator of the Copernicus program’s Sentinel satellite missions under an agreement signed with the European Commission. Copernicus is a component of the European Union Space […]
NOAA GOES-17 Anomaly Rectified
Thanks to Mr. Carl Reinemann, notification was received that the NOAA GOES-17 satellite had moved into a Safe Hold Mode due to an anomaly that affected all satellite operations… Thankfully, […]
Maxar’s Open Data Response To European Flooding
Devastating floods caused by unprecedented rainfall have killed at least 195 people in Germany and Belgium. Tens of thousands of people are unable to return to their homes and many […]
China Places Their Fengyun-3E Meteorological Satellite Into Orbit
A new meteorological satellite from China has been pushed into its planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China — this occurred on July 5. The satellite, […]