NATO secretary general launches "Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space", an observation satellite data sharing initiative

I'm thrilled, honored and humbled to be named among such a great 2023 class of 50 Geospatial World Rising Stars! It motivates me even more to continue shaping and pushing the boundaries of #SAR and #EO activities at Airbus Space to make a positive impact to our planet🌍🛰️🦇🌐

Our talented space engineers from across Europe teamed up for several years to build #ESAJuice, the most important science mission of the decade, to explore Jupiter and its icy moons 🌕 for signs of life. Feel the passion and pride 😍 European Space Agency ESA's Juice mission Arianespace ArianeGroup

We are going, #DestinationJupiter! 😃 European Space Agency and @arianespace have given the greenlight to fuel the Ariane 5 #VA260 rocket! 🚀 Stay tuned and watch the launch here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZD9n9H… 🔜 Lift off planned at 14:15 CEST

Good to see Int’l Telecommunication Union #WRC23 and #SAR10GHz topics hitting finally the news. Kudos to George John and whoever is the #SAR sat industry exec who spoke to Breaking Defense 🛰️ next round at Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones PC.II 💪🏻 breakingdefense.com/2023/04/intern…

In Rotterdam this week, attending #GWF2023. DM if you want to meet or find me on Friday AM at the technical panel dedicated to #SAR (where I'm going to tel ll more about ongoing struggle between SAR and #5G 💪🏻🛰️)

My latest in FT: Slaying space zombies! Where I borrow ⁦Ill-Defined Space⁩ “Zombie Statistics” to look at the insane claims about the industry. Provoked by a conversation with ⁦Chad Anderson⁩ about the price of Starship launch 🚀 ft.trib.al/FKrLRvJ

Economics is slow to adopt breakthroughs in earth observation. There’s super high-res satellite data that sees through clouds, works at night, and in any weather conditions. Here’s how SAR data will revolutionise spatial economics:

Good news on Earth observation for climate. NICFI Satellite Data Program and Bezos Earth Fund are joining hands to continue to provide free, high-resolution satellite imagery from Planet, Airbus Space and KSAT for monitoring tropical deforestation. nicfi.no/2023/12/02/nic…

.UNOOSA, World Meteorological Organization to Int’l Telecommunication Union #WRC23 delegates: Don't let terrestrial wireless take spectrum used by high-res radar satellites. The lack of coordination between these 3 United Nations bodies mirrors that between telecom regulators and space agencies. European Space Agency @Nasa @GSOA. bit.ly/3GxKnug

The horrors of #Dublinagreement inflicted upon a Kurdish family in Switzerland. cc Luca Misculin

In a letter from March leaked only now the German gov strongly opposes IRIS² due to its exorbitant cost, criticises the proposed private sector involvement as immature and asks for an overhaul & relaunch of the tender. European Commission said to be outraged. handelsblatt.com/politik/deutsc…

If you’re interested in climate/weather, it’s worth reading Project 2025’s recommendations for NOAA. Summary (p664): “(NOAA) should be dismantled & many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states” 🧵

Delighted to announce that Airbus Defence has secured the contract to supply the UK Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 with the synthetic aperture radar satellite system providing freedom of action and greater operational capability to British and allied defence forces. airbus.com/en/newsroom/pr…