As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and The Strategist, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles. This is “Seven Sisters project taking Australia further into space” by Malcolm Davis, originally published on 29 January 2021. In a previous article, I made the case for Australia developing and launching …
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by Shannon McConnell The year is 1977. People stood in line for days waiting for a chance to meet Han Solo and Luke Skywalker in a Galaxy Far, Far Away. Atari released the first consumer marketed video game console. Apple released its first mass market computer. It was a time …
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In this first Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, global space law experts discuss the legal issues from everyday space activities. Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” analysed current space developments with a legal focus. It, at the same time discussed and ‘demystifyed’ the law for everyone. In this …
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International Space University’s virtual space forum celebrates international and interdisciplinary space activities across the Asia Pacific. For ten years, Adelaide has been the home of the International Space University’s Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program (SHSSP). In partnership between the University of South Australia (UniSA) and the International Space University (ISU), …
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by Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 18 Jan – 24 Jan 2021”. Hello and welcome to another …
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by Dr. Bleddyn Bowen The Trump-Pence administration was very busy in space. In 2017, they reconstituted the National Space Council (NSC) to coordinate political, civilian, and military policies and efforts in space. With high-profile Presidential support, Congress established a new branch of the United States (US) military within the US …
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Luxembourg, 22 January 2021. – Astroscale’s ELSA-d spacecraft is ready for a launch on a Soyuz rocket in March from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Tokyo-based space start-up said. The End-of-Life Service by Astroscale (ELSA) program is a spacecraft retrieval service for satellite operators. ELSA-d – d stands for demonstration – …
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Paris, 21 January 2021. – The French space start-up ThrustMe has successfully tested the first iodine electric propulsion on a Chinese satellite in space, the company announced. ThrustMe said it tested the first iodine-fueled electric propulsion system aboard the Spacety Beihangkongshi-1 satellite. On 28 December 2020, the first iodine electric …
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Paris, 20 January 2021. – South Australia prepares its first space mission, SASAT1, the space and defence company Inovor Technologies said yesterday. Inovor Technologies will design and build the 6-unit Apogee satellite bus that will be launched into orbit in 2022, the company said. SASAT1 will carry payloads to provide …
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by Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 11 Jan – 17 Jan 2021”. Hello and welcome to another …
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