Best wishes for 2019 from the EO News team! In January, the momentum on SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog continued to grow, and restrictions were lifted to operate heavy lift drone swarms. On the other hand, however, while we saw more satellite launches, the world also lost some.
- SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) community advances and 0.6.1 release
- DigitalGlobe announced that WorldView4 satellite no longer collects imagery
- DroneSeed receives FAA approval to fly heavy lift drones and now implementing its post-wildlife re-planting project
- Maxar’s RadarSat-2 malfunctions again
- Satellogic signs agreement with CGWIC to launch Earth observation constellation of 90 satellites
- E-Book: Using EO for smart urban solutions
- Copernicus budget gets budget boost from European Commission
- China’s Long March 11 rocket lofts Earth-imaging and tech demo satellites
- Vietnam’s MicroDragon Earth observation satellite successfully launched from Japan
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) reviewed the results of a global land degradation assessment based on Earth observation data collected and analyzed in over 120 countries
- Egypt Receives $72 Million Grant From China For EgyptSat-2 Project
- Geospatial World Media releases list of major satellite launches for 2019
- Smaller, cheaper: How these tiny satellites are spinning off new space data movement
- Digital Earth: the paradigm now shaping our world’s data cities
- ICESat-2 Sees the Trees in Mexico
- And finally, Planet announces winner of Copernicus Masters Challenge at “Space Oscars”