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My last story as a staffer for the BBC. A puzzle that surrounds the end-of-life manoeuvres of the oldest UK satellite still up there - #Skynet1A. Who moved it, when and why? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Jonathan Amos
@JCDAmos
Journalist. Former BBC Science Correspondent. Way too interested in icebergs for my own good.
Cambridge, UK
Joined January 2010
- The UK's Earth Observation sector lost on the order of £150–300m during 2021–2025 as a result of the Brexit withdrawal from Copernicus. Loss of contract eligibility, industrial capability, influence, and market position. Can we claw our way back? Read the value for money report:
- UK taxpayers spent £400m to rescue OneWeb from bankruptcy and yet today France is the country that extracts the defence and industrial value from this asset. A tale as old as time. europeanspaceflight.com/france-awards-… via @ESpaceflight
- Truly profound insights into the way Planet Earth is working are just over the horizon. "Planetary Intelligence" is coming. will4planet.substack.com/p/planetary-in… Thank you @Will4Planet. We just need to make the right choices. Can we be trusted?
- I'm reasonably convinced now that Iceberg A23a has completely collapsed. The USNIC is no longer tracking a berg of that name. But A23k (also not listed) does lumber on, albeit in a disheveled state. This view is from Thursday (9 April) NOAA-21 VIIRS. usicecenter.gov/Products/Antar…
