There are an estimated 900,000 pieces of space debris larger than 1 cm orbiting the Earth, with only a small proportion of them tracked.
Read More »Researchers Harness Satellite Imagery And AI To Help Fight Poverty In Africa
Stanford University scholars Marshall Burke, David Lobell and Stefano Ermon have spent the past five years leading a team of researchers to home in on an efficient way to find and track impoverished zones across Africa.
Read More »USRA’s Earth From Space Institute To Join Space-Based Response To COVID-19
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) announced on 19 May 2020 the selection of Dr. Miguel Román, Director of The Earth from Space Institute (EfSI) and his research team as recipients of a grant from NASA's Earth Sciences Division.
Read More »Welsh Aerospace Company Smallspark Aims To Reignite The UK Space Sector
Cardiff-based Smallspark Space Systems announced on 26 May 2020 that it has received three major grants to develop its low-cost, environmentally-friendly rocket engines.
Read More »SpaceWatchGL Feature: The Space Law Context Of The Artemis Accords (Part 1)
On 15 May 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gave the first public presentation of the Artemis Accords, a NASA initiative to develop consistent and effective norms for the Artemis Program lunar missions to be conducted in partnership with space agencies around the world.
Read More »Russia’s Sputnix Inks Deal With Mitsui & Co To Supply Satellite Components
Sputnix, a Russian privately-owned satellite component manufacturer, has signed a memorandum with Mitsui & Co. Moscow, the Russian subsidiary of Japanese company Mitsui & Co., on 25 May 2020.
Read More »Aerospace Corporation Study Explores Space’s Impact On Our Daily Lives
Satellites surveying the environmental and economic impacts of COVID-19, rocket launches, and plans for the next lunar landing have been featured in the news recently. Despite this, it is still easy to miss all of the ways in which satellites contribute to daily life. A new study released by The Aerospace …
Read More »Equatorial Space Systems Signs MoU With Southern Launch Australia
Equatorial Space Systems announced on 25 May 2020 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to use the facilities of Southern Launch Australia for its upcoming suborbital mission programme.
Read More »Space BD Successfully Launches Its Payload To The ISS
Space BD Inc. has announced that the H-II Transfer Vehicle No.9 (HTV9) successfully launched from Tanegashima Space Station to the International Space Station via H-IIB launch vehicle.
Read More »NASA Names Telescope For Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, ‘Mother of Hubble’
NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.
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