Spectral Reflectance Newsletter #30

Weekly newsletter on Earth Observation

Level-2 News

SpaceX launches seventh Transporter rideshare mission [link]
“SpaceX launched more than 50 satellites early April 15 on the latest in a series of dedicated Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare missions.”
As it was the case to the previous Transporter mission, this batch also included several Earth Observation satellites:

Satellogic had four imaging satellites onboard while GHGSat had three satellites for greenhouse gas monitoring. Umbra launched another synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite.

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology equipped with a hyperspectral camera and a sensor for measuring soil moisture.
Orbital Sidekick launched the first two satellites of its six-satellite Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite, or GHOSt, constellation to provide hyperspectral imagery.

Planet Partner Upstream Tech To Offer Global Basemaps Subscription Within Lens [link]
“Through a new integration with Upstream Tech’s Lens platform, PlanetScope Basemaps is now available through a Planet Basemaps in Lens, allowing users to access both global, monthly visual Basemaps with historical imagery back to the start of 2020, as well as new up-to-date Basemaps that will appear directly in Lens moving forward.”