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A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from a mountainous launch site in China, engines blazing with bright orange flames and thick white exhaust clouds billowing outward. The vehicle rises beside a tall blue and red service tower, surrounded by dense green forest and hills.

China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite

by Andrew Jones October 27, 2025October 27, 2025

China added to its Earth observation fleet late Saturday, sending a second Gaofen-14 mapping satellite into sun-synchronous orbit.

SatLeo prepares to launch first thermal-imaging payload

by Debra Werner October 23, 2025October 25, 2025

Civil

Canadian Space Agency offers funding for dual-use technologies

by Debra Werner September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

A Long March 2D rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, leaving a trail of flame and smoke against mist-covered hills.

China sends experimental Shiyan-30 satellites into orbit as launch cadence intensifies

by Andrew Jones September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

Defense and security agencies propel demand for Earth-observation data

by Debra Werner September 18, 2025September 18, 2025

Eutelsat partners with Skynopy to explore opening OneWeb ground stations to Earth observation

by Jason Rainbow September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

Orbital Sidekick hyperspectral imagery sheds light on damage caused to Iranian nuclear facility

by Debra Werner September 5, 2025

CogniSat-6, built by Open Cosmos with Ubotica edge processing and software for artificial intelligence, is the platform for Dynamic Targeting. Credit: NASA/USGS

From the Magazine

Earth observation firms are trying to solve a latency problem with ‘Dynamic Targeting’

by Debra Werner September 5, 2025October 27, 2025

European customer leases SI Imaging Services’ SpaceEye-T

by Debra Werner September 2, 2025September 17, 2025

Smallsat maker NOVI expands into remote sensing

by Sandra Erwin August 11, 2025