HIGH HOPES

20th September 2019

HIGH HOPES

The 2019 Rugby World Cup kicks off in Japan today, September 20, and will conclude on November 2, hopefully with the Springboks bringing home the trophy. The final will be held at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Above is a high-definition satellite image of the stadium taken ahead of the event by an Airbus satellite operated by the French National Centre for Space Studies, or Cnes. Photograph: Cnes 2019, Distribution Airbus Defence and Space.