A first look at Spot 5 (Take5) sites
One month from the start of Spot 5 (Take 5) experiment, Cnes and ESA decided to release a first list of 110 sites in its provisional state.
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Sentinel-2A: New eyes of Copernicus ready for space
Sentinel-2A satellite, now fit for service, will map the Earth’s entire landmass as part of the European Copernicus global monitoring program.
Spot 5 (Take 5) is getting ready
The SPOT5 (Take5) project, lead by CNES and ESA is getting ready and the first pictures will be taken in april 2015.
Spot 5 (Take 5) call for sites is out
Spot 5 (Take 5) call for sites has been issued by ESA until December 8th 2014.
China launches new remote sensing satellite
China launched the Yaogan-23 remote sensing satellite into scheduled orbit on 15th november 2014 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
First images from SPOT 7 satellite
SPOT 7 satellite has shown its first images obtained a mere three days after its launch on 30 June 2014.
Launch of SPOT 7
The SPOT 7 Earth-observation satellite, designed and developed by Airbus Defence and Space, was launched successfully on 30 june 2014 from the space centre in India.
ALOS-2 launched
Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2), also called Daichi-2, from Jaxa Japan Aerospace Exploration Agence was launched on 24 may 2014.
Sentinel-1 first images
Sentinel-1A satellite has delivered its first radar images of Earth on 12 April 2014.