The space technologies developed by the UAE’s Mars Mission will contribute to the aerospace industry in three key ways – the transformation of aircraft design, ventilation technology and aircraft propulsion, a senior industry executive told Emirates News Agency, WAM.
Read More »Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo’s cabin design
Virgin Galactic has announced that it will be revealing the interior design of SpaceShipTwo’s cabin. The virtual event will be streamed live on 28 July, 2020. To celebrate this milestone, Virgin Galactic will also be announcing plans to bring immersive experiences of Virgin Galactic’s spaceflight and cabin interior to aspiring astronauts around the world.
Read More »AImotive and C3S apply self-driving car tech to space systems
AImotive, the automotive supplier of automated driving technologies, and C3S, the satellite and space technology provider, today announced a collaboration to create a prototype hardware platform for the efficient execution of artificial intelligence (AI) onboard satellites by H2 2021
Read More »Australia goes live with first Indigenous satellite ground station
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) provided the funding to construct two state-of-the-art commercial satellite ground stations in Alice Springs. The facility is the first development of its kind on Aboriginal owned land and transforms Australia’s capability in earth observation.
Read More »European Space Agency taps Thales Alenia Space for the Copernicus project
Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), has recently been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination and with the agreement of the European Commission, for major Copernicus missions
Read More »Space Café WebTalk Recap: Sebastien Moranta on COVID-19 and the European Space Sector
In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Sebastien Moranta is Coordinator of Studies at the European Space Policy Institute talked about the new study on "COVID-19 and the European Space Sector".
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 42 – C-Band, Satellites and 5G
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 42: ‘C-Band, Satellites and 5G’, originally published in June 2020.
Read More »Thuraya Users to Benefit from Ericsson Core Network Modernization
United Arab Emirates-based mobile satellite services operator Thuraya has signed an agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) for a core network modernization and upgrade to a 4G and 5G ready infrastructure.
Read More »Solar Orbiter commissioned in orbit despite Covid-19
Airbus has successfully completed the In-OrbitCommissioning (IOC) of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft, by the teams working from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes With Salem Al Marri” On 28 July 2020
Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Salem Al Marri, Assistant Director General for Scientific and Technical Affairs, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai, UAE and Head of the UAE Astronaut Programme
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