The member states of the BRICS economic bloc – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – are in the midst of negotiating a mutually beneficial framework that will allow each country to access certain Earth observation satellites from each other, according to various press reports.
Read More »Capella Space To Start SAR Earth Observation Operations With Seven Satellites In 2020
Capella Space, an information services company providing Earth observation data on demand, today announced it will launch seven synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and start commercial operations in 2020.
Read More »France And Senegal Step Up Satellite Imagery Sharing And Cooperation, Space-Based Air Navigation
The President of the French national space agency, the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), Jean-Yves Le Gall, visited Dakar, Senegal, on 12 December 2019 to take part in the commemorations marking the 60th anniversary of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).
Read More »Turkmenistan Declares Technical Requirements Agreed For First Earth Observation Satellite
The government of the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan has announced that it has agreed to the technical requirements for the design, construction, and launch of its first Earth observation satellite, according to press reports in Turkmenistan.
Read More »Africa’s ASECNA And Aerion Agree On ADS-B Satellite Use For Air Navigation and Safety
Following nearly two years of collaboration on terrestrial surveillance between the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) and Aireon, the two organizations have concluded the use of space-based ADS-B for surveillance services beginning 1 January 2020 within the six flight information regions (FIRs) of ASECNA: Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Dakar Terrestrial, Dakar Oceanic, N'djamena and Niamey.
Read More »Kepler Taps SpaceX To Launch Two IoT Nanosatellite Constellation Batches In 2020
Kepler Communication has selected SpaceX as launch partner to deliver a portion of its first Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation into space onboard SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
Read More »UK’s OneWeb To Use Altius Space Machines Tech For Space Debris Mitigation
OneWeb, whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, and OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb are coming together to advance the OneWeb Responsible Space program with a commitment to implement an advanced-technology grappling fixture, developed by Altius Space Machines, on OneWeb's satellites.
Read More »ESA’s Exoplanet Mission, Cheops, Scheduled for Liftoff
Cheops, the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite, is scheduled to launch on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 09:54 CET on 17 December 2019.
Read More »Dubai’s DTEC Holds Space Innovation And Entrepreneur Day
Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), hosted its third quarterly Dtec Forum of 2019, dedicated to space innovation with the aim of encouraging local and regional entrepreneurs and investors to join the space race.
Read More »Airbus Validates OPTIMA Photonics Payload For Laser SATCOM
Airbus has validated and demonstrated photonic satellite payload technology to Technology Readiness Level 6, the last level before prototype in orbit, through the OPTIMA Horizon 2020 project.
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