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

[avatar user=”duncansteel” size=”thumbnail” align=”right” /] 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 … 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

[avatar user=”duncansteel” size=”thumbnail” align=”right” /] 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 … Read More