Following the retirement of David Pollack on 1 January 2020, Israel’s Spacecom has announced the appointment of Itzhak Shnaiberg as the company’s interim chief executive officer.
Read More »Azerbaijan’s AzerCosmos Reports $40.6 Million Revenues In 2019, Space Talks With Russia In January 2020
AzerCosmos, the Azerbaijani satellite operator, reported revenues of U.S.$40.6 million for the period of January to November 2019, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2018, when the company generated revenues of just U.S.$25.6 million.
Read More »South Korea’s KAI To Build Three Remote Sensing Satellites By 2025
South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on 31 December 2019 that South Korea's largest aerospace company, the Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), has announced that it will build three remote sensing satellites with the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) by 2025
Read More »IAI Wins Bid To Build Dror-1 Communications Satellite For Israeli Government
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will develop and build Israel’s national communication satellite, the "Dror 1."
Read More »Macao Contributes To Chinese Space Exploration With Satellite And Research Centre
Macao's first space exploration satellite was named Macao Science 1, the special administrative region (SAR)'s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Tam Chon Weng announced Sunday at an opening ceremony of an aerospace exhibition.
Read More »Kleos Space Secures Nation-State Customer For Its RF Geolocation Services
Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, has announced that it has reached an agreement to cooperate and collaborate with a sea bound nation state to enhance their maritime geospatial intelligence/analytics capability with data from the Kleos Scouting Mission.
Read More »Egypt Opens Astronaut Selection Competition In Middle East Human Spaceflight Rush
The head of the Egyptian Space Agency, Mohammed el-Qousy, announced on 25 December 2019 that the agency will launch a nationwide, six-year long competition to select Egypt's first astronaut.
Read More »U.S. Space Command Expands Alliances Through Multinational Operations
National security in the space domain continues to expand its operational coordination and capabilities between the U.S. Space Command and allied nations.
Read More »UK Creates Virtual Satellite Data Centre In Fight Against Climate Change
UK Ministers announced on 30 December 2019 backing for ground-breaking research analysing satellite images that will better predict the future impact of climate change in towns and cities and inform future government action.
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Showcases Research At 2019 American Geophysical Union Meet
A team of engineers from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), along with university students who are part of a space science research programme affiliated with the centre, participated in the meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2019.
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