The Saudi Arabian Space Commission is reportedly about to submit a National Space Strategy and other legal and policy documents that consolidate the commission's roles and missions to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, according to a senior Saudi Space Commission advisor speaking at a recent space event in Riyadh.
Read More »European And Japanese SAR Imaging Satellites Lead The Way In Arctic Climate Change Research
Spare a thought this Christmas for researchers hunkered down on their Polarstern icebreaker, adrift in the frozen Arctic Ocean. Subjected to temperatures as low as -45 C and the perpetual darkness of the polar winter, they are willing participants in MOSAiC - the world's largest and longest polar research expedition.
Read More »France’s Sigfox And Plastimo Partner To Provide Satellite IoT Maritime Geolocation
Plastimo, a major international player in the boating industry, and Sigfox, the world's leading IoT service provider and first global 0G network operator, have joined forces to offer total geolocation coverage across all oceans from 2020.
Read More »Ethiopia’s ETRSS-1 Successfully Launched By Chinese Long March 4B
Ethiopia’s first Earth observation satellite, the Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS-1), was successfully launched on board a Chinese Long March 4B satellite launched vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on 20 December 2019.
Read More »Canada’s CGI Acquires Dublin-Based SCISYS
CGI announced on 18 December 2019 the completion of the previously announced acquisition by its wholly owned indirect subsidiary CGI Group Holdings Europe Limited of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of SCISYS.
Read More »Japan To Launch Electro-Optical IGS Reconnaissance Satellite In January 2020
Japanese satellite and space industry giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that an MHI H-IIA satellite launch vehicle will send Japan's eighth Intelligence Gathering System (IGS) reconnaissance satellite into orbit from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwest Japan, on 27 January 2020.
Read More »Israel’s Gilat Demonstrates ESA Inflight Connectivity Terminal On First Flight
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced on 17 December 2019 that Gilat’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) is the first-ever to operate during flight on a commercial aircraft, thus well positioning Gilat to win the vast opportunities in the fast changing market of ESA.
Read More »Argentina’s Satellogic Raises $50 Million In Investment Round
Argentinian commercial Earth observation company Satellogic announced on 19 December 2019 that it has raised U.S.$50 million in at least its second investment round.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Space And Hybrid Warfare – Part Two
By Ralph Thiele Part One of this essay was published on 21 December 2019 and can be found here. … open for business Large companies and start-ups are using space as a business model, as it enables them to offer new services or generate key data for processing and commercialisation …
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Clarifying Germany’s Voting Behaviour On Arms Control In Space
At the 74th UN General Assembly on 5 November 2019, Germany voted on four draft resolutions on arms control in space. This commentary provides information on how and with what intention the vote was taken, and why space weapons play a central role in this matter.
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