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Paris, 27 October 2020. – The space company OrbAstro has launched two competitions for students and start-ups to get spacecraft payloads to orbit, the company said. The company has dedicated some capacity onboard their satellite launching in December 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to …
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October 27, 2020
OrbAstro to take student and start-up payloads to space
Paris, 27 October 2020. – The space company OrbAstro has launched two competitions for student…
October 27, 2020
NASA detects water on the sunny side of the Moon
Paris, 27 October 2020. – NASA found traces of water on the sunlit surface of the Moon for the first…
October 27, 2020
PhiSat-1 brings Intel’s Artificial Intelligence into space
Paris, 27 October 2020. – The chipmaker Intel placed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) camera chip on …
October 27, 2020
Russia launches next Glonass navigation satellite
Paris, 27 October 2020. – Russia has successfully launched another Glonass navigation satellit…
October 26, 2020
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by Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital G…
October 26, 2020
SpaceX completes 100th Falcon launch with another Starlink mission
Paris, 25 October 2020. – SpaceX completed its 100th successful Falcon launch since Falcon 1’s first…
October 26, 2020
Lockheed Martin moves UK launches to Shetland Space Center
Paris, 25 October 2020. – Lockheed Martin moves its planned UK launch operations from the Spac…
October 26, 2020
Airbus Ventures invests in Singapore radiation protection start-up
Paris, 25 October 2020. – Airbus Ventures, the venture capital arm of Airbus, expands its presence …
October 26, 2020
Mynaric to supply laser links to Telesat’s U.S. Blackjack showcase
Paris, 25 October 2020. – The space laser communications specialist Mynaric has been selected by Tel…
October 25, 2020
#SpaceWatchGL Column: The hell of humans in heaven – Debating the risks of space technology and habitation
by Dr. Bleddyn Bowen Space technology and the potential habitation of the Solar System is lengthenin…
October 25, 2020
#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: In a Historic First, Eight Nations Formally Recognize the Need to Preserve Heritage in Space
by Michelle Hanlon and Anne-Sophie Martin On October 13, 2020, the civilian space agencies of eight …
October 24, 2020
#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Australia one step closer to a sovereign launch capability
by Dr. Malcolm Davis As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and The Strategist,…
October 23, 2020
GHGSAT launches free methane mapping platform PULSE
Luxembourg, 22 October 2020. – The emission monitoring specialist GHGSat has launched a digita…
October 23, 2020
First Ariane 6 upper stage assembled in Bremen
Luxembourg, 22 October 2020. – After the successful testing of all engines, ArianeGroup has no…
October 23, 2020
Kratos launches OpenSpace as platform for virtual ground services
Luxembourg, 22 October 2020. – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions launched OpenSpace, a platfor…
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Frontex selects Airbus and Heron for maritime surveillance
Luxembourg, 20 October 2020. – The European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex contracted Airbus and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to operate a long-endurance maritime aerial surveillance system for the Mediterranean Sea, Airbus announced. The service includes the provision of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems …
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Thuraya to launch SatTrack to track and monitor fishing vessels
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University of Texas cooperates with UAE on space topics
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Russia launches next Glonass navigation satellite
Paris, 27 October 2020. – Russia has successfully launched another Glonass navigation satellite, the news agency Tass reported. “The Soyuz-2.1b middle class carrier rocket launched on Sunday, October 25, at 22:08 Moscow time from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region has successfully placed the Russian …
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Space Café WebTalk Recap: Prof. Dr. Ram Jakhu on the need for more space laws
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#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup 19-25 October 2020
by Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour Weekly Aerospace News Roundup, 19-25 Oct”. Special 6th Annual CCAF …
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Airbus Ventures invests in Singapore radiation protection start-up
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EOS Data Analytics to provide precision farming tool on Dragonfly
Luxembourg, 21 October 2020. – The Californian satellite imagery provider EOS Data Analytics will launch two multispectral imagers with South-African Dragonfly Aerospace into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in 2022, the company announced. The payloads will be “particularly useful for the commercial agricultural industry,” the company said. “Multispectral …
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Azercosmos and Globecast Extend Partnership to Deliver Satellite Services to Africa
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L3Harris selected by Airbus for next-gen satellite antenna
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Gilat posts lower revenues and loss, but confident for second half 2020
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by Michelle Hanlon and Anne-Sophie Martin On October 13, 2020, the civilian space agencies of eight nations – Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States – announced that they had agreed to 12 Principles for Cooperation in the Civil Exploration and …
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by Dr. Malcolm Davis As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and The Strategist, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles. This is “Australia one step closer to a sovereign launch capability″ by Malcolm Davis, originally published on 15 October 2020. Australia’s commercial space sector is moving quickly towards …
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GHGSAT launches free methane mapping platform PULSE
Luxembourg, 22 October 2020. – The emission monitoring specialist GHGSat has launched a digital platform mapping methane concentrations in the atmosphere. GHGSat, global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, launched PULSE, a unique digital map showing methane (CH4) concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere, the Montreal-based company said. The free-to-use …
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First Ariane 6 upper stage assembled in Bremen
Luxembourg, 22 October 2020. – After the successful testing of all engines, ArianeGroup has now assembled the first upper stage of the Ariane 6 rocket, the company announced. ArianeGroup’s teams in Bremen, Germany, have assembled the first Ariane 6 rocket upper stage, coupling the launcher’s tanks with the equipped engine bay …
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Kratos launches OpenSpace as platform for virtual ground services
Luxembourg, 22 October 2020. – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions launched OpenSpace, a platform for the software-based creation of virtual ground systems, the Nasdaq-listed U.S. company said. OpenSpace is a software platform and family of virtual products that enable satellite operators and ground service providers to create fully software-defined, dynamic …
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