How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…
How was the first full-colour photograph of Earth captured by NASA |
The first full-colour photograph of Earth marked a turning point in how humanity understood its planet, shifting the…
The next generation of environmental intelligence: Why high-resolution satellite imagery must power our planet’s future
Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago,…
China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite
HELSINKI — China added to its Earth observation fleet late Saturday, sending a second Gaofen-14 mapping satellite into…
SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload
SAN FRANCISCO – Indian startup SatLeo Labs is preparing to launch its first thermal-imaging payload early next year.…
Planet and VITO Extend Long-Term Partnership to Accelerate Earth Observation Solutions for Agriculture and Environment
Leadership from Planet and VITO during a visit of the Belgian Economic Mission to Planet’s San Francisco headquarters…
Defense and security agencies propel demand for Earth-observation data
PARIS – Defense and security applications provided almost half of the revenue generated by Earth-observation satellites in 2024,…
The Earth Observation industry’s biggest threat isn’t China, it’s Washington
American companies build some of the most advanced Earth Observation satellites in the world. We have the engineering…
Earth observation firms are trying to solve a latency problem with ‘Dynamic Targeting’
For years, satellite sensors have transmitted vast quantities of imagery to the ground, where analysts then discarded views…
59 years ago today, the first photograph of Earth from lunar orbit was taken.
Published on 23/08/2025 – 16:19 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT On 23 August 1966, NASA captured the first photograph of the…
giant antenna disassembled in orbit
In a significant step for global Earth observation, seventeen days after the launch of the NISAR satellite from…