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Climate change and resilience, conservation, forests, water and weather.
Grants of up to £400,000 per project are on offer for business-led pilots using satellite data for environmental monitoring and emissions verification; applications close 11 December.
Source: UK Space Agency (GOV.UK)
A 24-satellite constellation tilted towards the Equator could watch the Somali Basin about three times as often as polar designs, at an estimated US$347 million.
Source: The Conversation
ESA's second MetOp-SG satellite is in French Guiana after a 10-day sea voyage, with an Ariane 6 launch expected at the end of 2026.
Source: European Space Agency
Ten years on, SEED gives access to 6,900+ datasets from 160+ organisations and has won a 2026 Australian Good Design Award for its redesign.
Source: Spatial Source
A WRF-Chem assimilation of CALIOP-MODIS data recovers black carbon layers near 6 km and shows mid-tropospheric warming over South and East Asia.
Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Copernicus Publications / EGU)
ESA's Sentinel-3 image from 30 September 2026 shows sea ice around the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea shortly after the winter maximum.
Source: European Space Agency
AWF outlines how GeoHubs, dashboards and a leadership fellowship help African decision-makers turn biodiversity commitments into land-use decisions.
Source: African Wildlife Foundation
At the Friends of Europe summit, ESA's Simonetta Cheli called for Copernicus continuity and Digital Twin Earth to turn satellite data into climate decisions.
Source: Friends of Europe
PhilSA mapped SO2 from Sentinel-5P around Kanlaon before and after the 10 October eruption, showing a plume drifting north-west over Western Visayas.
Source: Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)
Norway has invited Nigeria to join its Blue Justice programme, offering free satellite AIS vessel-tracking data and analysis to detect illegal fishing.
Source: BusinessDay