Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s responsive satellite launch company, announced on 23 April 2020 that regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have granted an Emergency Use Authorization for the immediate delivery and use of a new “bridge” ventilator designed and built by the aerospace firm.
Read More »NASA CubeSat Will Shine A Laser Light On The Moon’s Darkest Craters
As astronauts explore the Moon during the Artemis program, they may need to make use of the resources that already exist on the lunar surface.
Read More »Taking Action! – A Group Of Students Aims To Set Space On The Global Agenda – SDG 18
On the fourth of October 1957, humanity managed the first successful orbital launch of Sputnik 1, the very first satellite. This was the beginning of a new era, the era of space exploration.
Read More »Songhai Labs And SatSure AG Announce Strategic Partnership
Songhai Labs, a knowledge broker platform based in Cameroon, and SatSure, a satellite precision company headquartered in Switzerland and with offices in India, UK, and Australia, have announced a strategic partnership.
Read More »GPS Celebrates 25th Year Of Operation
The Global Positioning System, better known as GPS, marked its 25th year of operation on 27 April 2020.
Read More »Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Vera Pinto” On 19 May 2020
Space Café WebTalks is SpaceWatch.Global’s new webinar series featuring global space experts.
Read More »Lockheed Martin’s New Contract With DARPA Can Disrupt The Future Of Space
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a us$5.8 million contract for the first phase of satellite integration on the Blackjack program.
Read More »Final Integration Is In Full Swing For ESA’s Jupiter Probe, JUICE
JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has reached its next milestone on its Earthly journey via different Airbus sites in Europe: the spacecraft has arrived at Airbus’ satellite integration centre in Friedrichshafen, Germany, for final integration.
Read More »NASA Develops COVID-19 Prototype Ventilator In 37 Days
A new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers and tailored to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients passed a critical test last Tuesday at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, an epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States.
Read More »NEC To Provide Vietnam With ‘LOTUSat-1’ Earth Observation Satellite System
NEC Corporation announced on 23 April 2020 that it received an order from Sumitomo Corporation for the manufacture and launch of the "LOTUSat-1" Earth observation satellite system for the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC).
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