Officials from the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos have indicated that the first Emirati human spaceflight mission will take place in September to October 2019 and will last eight days, a change from the initial plan to send the UAE's first astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2019 for mission lasting 10 days.
Read More »UAE building satellites to help us learn about our planet
It has been announced that the UAE Space Agency is building three satellites that will help to address climate change and other scientific challenges.
Read More »Europe’s Airbus Awarded U.S. DARPA Blackjack Small Satellite Contract
Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a satellite bus in support of the Blackjack program.
Read More »Kleos Space Satellites Move Into Integration Phase After Critical Design Review
Kleos Space S.A. reports that the company's first cluster of satellites has entered the Integration Phase after successfully undergoing Critical Design Review (CDR) with Gomspace A/S.
Read More »Russia Announces Sovereign’s Eye Remote Sensing Constellation
Roscosmos head, Dmitry Rogozin has announced that Russia will construct Sovereign's Eye ('Gosudarevo Oko'), a new constellation of remote sensing satellites that will enable them to identify any changes that are happening on Earth.
Read More »Sky And Space Global Signs Reseller MoU And Trial Services Agreement
Sky and Space Global Ltd. (SAS), the Australian Stock Exchange-listed narrowband satellite communications company, announced on 21 January 2019 that it has signed a Reseller Memorandum of Understanding with Global Telesat SL and a Trial Service Agreement with Telespazio Brasil S/A.
Read More »French New Space: CNES Selected To Be Business Provider For French Tech Seed Investment Fund
On 17 January 2019 the Centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES) was selected as business provider for the French Tech Seed investment fund. The winners of the Call for Interest, launched by Bpifrance, were announced by Frédérique Vidal, France’s Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Secretary of State to the French Minister for the Economy and Finance, and Guillaume Boudy, France’s Secretary General for Investment
Read More »Indonesia’s Citilink To Use Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Inflight Satellite Connectivity
Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, announced today that its award-winning GX Aviation inflight broadband solution is now available to passengers onboard Indonesian low-cost airline Citilink’s first aircraft.
Read More »Japan Prepares for GPS Failure with Quasi-Zenith Satellites
The Japanese government is to begin use of a quasi-zenith satellite system to provide a failover solution for support of its Self Defence Force (SDF) in the event of a malfunction on the U.S. GPS system. This move comes amid fears that China and Russia and their development of anti-satellite capabilities that will enable them to attack satellites in orbit.
Read More »Japanese Military Space: MoD To Disrupt Enemy Space Operations, Cooperate With The U.S.
In a Washington, DC, speech, Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya outlines his country's new National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) and Mid-Term Defense Plan (MTDP) that included new Japanese positions on national security space that require close cooperation with its American ally.
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