Tagged: Orbital Imagery

Talking satellites and space in Washington - Out of Space

Duncan Steel • May 16, 2019 •

• commercial space business,
• communications,
• defence,
• geostationary orbit,
• launchers,
• Low Earth orbit,
• military,
• Orbital Imagery,
• remote sensing,
• rockets,
• satellite ground stations,
• satellites,
• space,
• space exploration

The annual beanfeast for the US satellite industry — featuring major participation from European nations and companies in particular — is the SATELLITE congress held at the Washington Convention Center, a few blocks from the White House. It was an amazing event to attend, compared to the sort of low-key conferences we have in New Zealand.  Now I’m back in … Read More

New Zealand from Space - Out of Space

Duncan Steel • Mar 11, 2019 •

• cyanobacteria,
• Egmont National Park,
• European Space Agency,
• Lake Elsemere,
• Mount Taranaki,
• New Zealand,
• North Island,
• Orbital Imagery,
• Satellite imagery,
• Sentinel satellites,
• south island,
• Southern Alps,
• Tongariro National Park,
• Volcanoes,
• water pollution

The European Space Agency’s current Earth observation image of the week features New Zealand in all its glory. Let us take it as read that NZ is a beautiful, breathtaking country. Myriad artistic renditions and simple tourist snaps bear witness to that, but it is also truly an amazing sight when seen from high above, by satellites in orbit. Read More