Indhu kindly made time for a quick conversation with us about spectroscopy, humanitarian remote sensors, and one incredible woman from a small village in India.

We pulled Marc away from the FDL Europe lab in Oxford just long enough for a quick conversation about gravitational fields, high school rock bands, and the biggest data fusion project you can imagine.

We caught up with Jacub to talk about spiking neural networks, overcoming the space/AI language gap, and a science fiction book from the man who invented the word “robot.”

he  advent  of  earth observation (EO) spacecraft  systems  such  as  Sentinel  2  and  Planet’s Dove constellation  allows  us  to  -  in  theory  -  understand  the  changing nature  of  the  Earth  as  never  before.

Copernicus Sentinel-1 data are highlighting the collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam in the southeastern province of Attapeu in Laos. The collapse has led to flash floods that have claimed several lives and left many more people missing, according to local news reports.

The launch of Aeolus — ESA’s mission to map Earth’s wind in real-time — is getting tantalisingly close, with the satellite due for lift-off on 21 August from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Following months of tests and careful evaluation, the first data on air pollutants from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite have been released. These first maps show a range of trace gases that affect air quality such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone.