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The Chinese government has provided Egypt with a U.S.$45 million grant for the completion of the EgyptSat-2 Earth observation satellite. The grant was given at a signing ceremony held in Cairo on 13 August 2018 involving Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr …
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August 16, 2018
Egypt Receives $45 Million Grant From China For EgyptSat-2 Earth Observation Satellite Completion
The Chinese government has provided Egypt with a U.S.$45 million grant for the completion of the Egy…
August 16, 2018
India’s PM Modi Announces First Manned Space Mission By 2022 In Re-Election Bid
Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi announced on 15 August 2018 – India’s Independence Day R…
August 16, 2018
Singapore’s AddValue Technologies To Provide Connectivity For Open Cosmos Constellation
Singapore’s AddValue Technologies has signed an agreement with New Space Earth observation satellite…
August 15, 2018
China Offers Joint Development Of New Rocket Engines To Russia
China has offered Russia to work together on promising methane and hydrogen rocket engines, Igor Arb…
August 15, 2018
Hamas Deploys Fake Color Red Missile Warning App In Israel
Israeli cyber security firm ClearSky Cyber Security revealed last week that the Hamas terrorist grou…
August 15, 2018
Japan’s Interstellar Technologies Developing Engine For Zero Launch Vehicle
Japanese New Space satellite launch company Interstellar Technologies Inc. is developing the main en…
August 15, 2018
China’s OneSpace Technology Raises $44 Million In Series B Investment Round
Chinese New Space satellite launch company OneSpace Technology, China’s first private rocket produce…
August 14, 2018
UAE’s Yahsat Partners With Tanaza To Provide Wi-Fi Solution To Remote Areas
UAE’s Yahsat, the Abu Dhabi-headquartered commercial satellite communications operator, has pa…
August 14, 2018
Iran’s Cyber Threat Increasing Says Accenture Report
U.S. cyber security company Accenture assesses that Iran is likely to carry out cyber-attacks agains…
August 14, 2018
Spire Global To Use Arianespace’s Vega SLV For Lemur-2 Cubesat Launches
Spire Global, the New Space company that provides meteorological, maritime, and aviation awareness d…
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China Offers Joint Development Of New Rocket Engines To Russia
China has offered Russia to work together on promising methane and hydrogen rocket engines, Igor Arbuzov, General Director of NPO Energomash, told RIA Novosti. ‘Our Chinese colleagues are very interested in the joint development of a methane rocket engine. We are considering this as an …
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Proton Rocket Engines Production To Stop By The End Of 2018
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Soyuz Launch Dates From Guiana Space Centre Revealed
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#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Daniel Campbell of Effective Space
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India’s PM Modi Announces First Manned Space Mission By 2022 In Re-Election Bid
Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi announced on 15 August 2018 – India’s Independence Day – that India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022. The announcement was made by Modi in what is his last Independence Day speech ahead of the general election to be …
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Singapore’s AddValue Technologies To Provide Connectivity For Open Cosmos Constellation
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Japan’s Interstellar Technologies Developing Engine For Zero Launch Vehicle
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China’s OneSpace Technology Raises $44 Million In Series B Investment Round
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#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Daniel Campbell of Effective Space
UK-based Effective Space is set to launch its first Space Drone spacecraft in 2020 which will introduce life extension services to satellite operators. The company has received very encouraging feedback on its plans and other potential lines of business such as accommodating new constellations in …
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SANSA And DigitalGlobe Launch South Africa Earth Observation Challenge
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Peter Martinez Appointed New Executive Director At Secure World Foundation
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#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Ian Jones of Goonhilly
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Egypt Receives $45 Million Grant From China For EgyptSat-2 Earth Observation Satellite Completion
The Chinese government has provided Egypt with a U.S.$45 million grant for the completion of the EgyptSat-2 Earth observation satellite. The grant was given at a signing ceremony held in Cairo on 13 August 2018 involving Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr …
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India’s PM Modi Announces First Manned Space Mission By 2022 In Re-Election Bid
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Singapore’s AddValue Technologies To Provide Connectivity For Open Cosmos Constellation
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China Offers Joint Development Of New Rocket Engines To Russia
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Hamas Deploys Fake Color Red Missile Warning App In Israel
Israeli cyber security firm ClearSky Cyber Security revealed last week that the Hamas terrorist group has been trying to hack Israelis through a fake version of the Color Red missile-attack warning app. The revelation comes at a time when the worst bout of violence between Israel …
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Iran’s Cyber Threat Increasing Says Accenture Report
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South Korea Seeks To Restore Public Trust In Its Cyber War Command
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Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 Identifies Pakistani Hacker Group Dubbed Gorgon Group
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Proton Rocket Engines Production To Stop By The End Of 2018
According Igor Arbuzov, General Director of NPO Energomash, the production of the engines for the Proton-M heavy-lift launch vehicle is to be ceased by the end of 2018. However, it is possible to resume production if there are new contracts for these launch vehicles. He notes that the current priority …
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UAE Space Agency Completes Space Investment Strategy For Emirati New Space Economy
The UAE Space Agency is wrapping its Space Investment Strategy that should provide the regulatory environment necessary to attract local and foreign investments into the Emirati commercial space sector, making the UAE a regional and hemispheric hub for New Space activity. Speaking in an interview with UAE newspaper, The Khaleej …
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South Korea Seeks To Restore Public Trust In Its Cyber War Command
The South Korean defence ministry has announced that it is reorganizing its military cyber command in order restore public and politic trust following allegations that officers tried to interfere in the South Korean political process. According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, the Ministry of Defence in Seoul will rename …
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13 August
Qatar’s Es’HailSat Purchases Satellite It Shared With Eutelsat
Qatar’s Es’hailSat satellite communications company has purchased outright the satellite it has been sharing with Eutelsat – EUTELSAT-25B/Es’hail-1 – taking full control of the satellite now just named Es’hail-1. The purchase comes as the Qatari company awaits the launch later this year of Es’hail-2, built by Japanese satellite manufacturer Mitsubishi …
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Soyuz Launch Dates From Guiana Space Centre Revealed
Russian Soyuz rockets will be launched from the European Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on November 6 and December 14, 2018, a source in the rocket and space industry outed to RIA Novosti. The Soyuz-ST-B and Soyuz-ST-A launch vehicles built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara with …
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