The Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, has said that Denmark intends to strengthen its surveillance capabilities over the Arctic Sea and airspace - to include space-based Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) - in response to Russia’s growing and expanded presence there.
Read More »Asian Development Bank Gives $50M Financing To Kacific
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $50 million financing package on 2 December 2019 with Kacific Broadband Satellites International Limited (Kacific) to provide satellite-based, low cost, high-speed, wholesale broadband internet connections to countries in Asia and the Pacific, especially in remote areas of small island nations in the Pacific, and larger island nations like Indonesia and the Philippines.
Read More »Australian Space Agency And Thales Sign Space Industry Development Agreement
On 3 December 2019 the Australian Space Agency (ASA) signed with French aerospace giant Thales Group an agreement to develop Australian space capabilities.
Read More »U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System MILSATCOM Project Completes Critical Design Review
The Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) Payload program reached a major program milestone completing a successful Delta Critical Design Review (CDR), Oct. 9. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) is the EPS-R Payload developer via an approximately $410 million contract awarded in February 2018 that runs through December 2023.
Read More »Kacific And Tata Communications Ink Global IP Connectivity And Cyber Security Deal
Kacific has selected Tata Communications, a leading global digital infrastructure provider, to provide terrestrial connectivity services as it readies for the launch of its first satellite, Kacific1.
Read More »First-of-its-Kind Industry Body Launched to Grow South Africa’s Geospatial Sector
When we think of space, we generally think of SciFi shows such as Star Trek, or humanity’s current plans to send manned missions to Mars. Most people don’t think about space as a business enabler, and yet that is exactly what it has become over the years.
Read More »Gov’t Would Spend 10 Billion HUF on Hungarian Space Project
Responding to the question from Hungarian television channel RTL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó said that the government will spend HUF 10 billion over the next three years to be able to launch a Hungarian astronaut to space in 2024.
Read More »Australian Space Agency Signs Cooperation Agreement With EOS Space Systems For Laser SSA Development
The Australian Space Agency has signed a Statement of Strategic Intent and Cooperation with EOS Space Systems, an Australian company specialising in space tracking systems.
Read More »NASA Selects TriSept to Support New Round of Cubesat Missions
TriSept Corporation has announced that it has been selected as a preferred provider to support NASA’s third round of CubeSat missions with dispenser hardware and integration services.
Read More »The Satellite Industry Welcomes WRC-19 Decisions
The Global Satellite Coalition (GSC), a group of seven trade associations representing the global satellite eco-system, has welcomed the decisions taken at the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), Sharm-el-Sheikh, which allow satellite services to continue to bridge digital, education, health and social divides and connect more and more citizens around the world.
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