The president of the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) space agency, Philippe Baptiste, signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of the country, affirming its commitment to sustainable space exploration by following a common set of principles. France agreed to promote the beneficial use of space for all of humanity prior to celebrating CNES’ 60th anniversary.
Read More »LiveEO awarded €1.7m by EU Commission
LiveEO is one of the 74 successful companies from 18 countries selected for the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and will receive a grant of €1.7m to further develop its offering. LiveEO applied with its project, EOinTime, focusing on time series analysis and near real time monitoring based on satellite data, the company said.
Read More »Elon Musk says Starlink is not going public for another 3 or 4 years
According to Elon Musk, Starlink is not likely to go public until at least 2025, CNBC reported. Musk had previously targeted an offering this year but these plans were pushed back by the SpaceX CEO. SpaceX's global Starlink network delivers high-speed internet through its constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit.
Read More »SpaceX and US Air Force veteran Lee Rosen joins Skyrora
Scottish space launch startup, Skyrora has appointed Lee Rosen, Colonel, US Air Force veteran, ex-VP of Mission and Launch Operations, and Customer Operations and Integration at SpaceX, as new Chief Operations Officer. Rosen participated in over 150 missions at SpaceX, and therefore has extensive operational expertise to offer Skyrora.
Read More »ELA and NASA to conduct Australia’s first commercial launch
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) the developer, owner and operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) on the Gove Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory will be making Australia’s first commercial space launch on 26th June with its client, NASA, ELA said. The launch vehicle is a BBIX rocket that will carry an atmospheric
Read More »Isar Aerospace and Exotrail partner on space mission simulation software ExoOPS
Launch service provider Isar Aerospace joined the ExoOPSTM Mission Design program, end-to-end space mobility operator, Exotrail’s Software-as-a-Service solution dedicated to space mission simulation and analysis, Exotrail said. Isar Aerospace will utilize ExoOPSTM to support the mission management team with a quick and easy preliminary mission design.
Read More »Scout and LEOcloud agree to collaborate on next generation of space domain awareness services
Scout, a company developing next-generation space safety of flight and autonomous proximity operations services, and LEOcloud, offering a scalable space-based, multi-cloud Infrastructure as a Services (IaaS), have signed a Letter of Intent to work together to enhance space operations safety, Scout announced.
Read More »Three taikonauts are aboard the Tiangong Space Station
Three Shenzhou-14 taikonauts, commander Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe are aboard the Chinese Tiangong Space Station preparing for their six-month stay in microgravity. The crew arrived at Tiangong's core module Tianhe, on Sunday morning. The taikonauts have been conducting inspections and setting up their living quarters ever since, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Read More »Arcep authorizes Starlink to use frequencies
France’s telecoms regulator Arcep, has awarded Starlink a new authorization to use frequencies following a public consultation enabling the company to provide satellite internet access. Earlier this year, France’s highest administrative court (Conseil d’Etat) revoked a decision to grant two frequency bands to the company.
Read More »EOS Space Systems joins SmartSat CRC as core partner
Space domain awareness and space control sensors and systems designer, manufacturer and operator EOS Space Systems, has become a core partner for the SmartSat Co-operative Research Centre, a consortium of universities and research organisations, SmartSat said. EOS is the 20th core partner alongside universities and global corporations like Airbus, BAE Systems and Nova Systems.
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