The good, the bad, the great, and the ugly were all on display as the United Nations community gathered in Vienna last month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first UN space policy conference.
Read More »Israel To Be Fourth Country On The Moon in 2019 Thanks To SpaceIL
Israel’s SpaceIL has announced that it will launch its Moon probe on a SpaceX launch vehicle, to land in February 2019. If successful, the SpaceIL lunar mission will make Israel the fourth-ever country to land on the Moon, after the Soviet Union, U.S., and China.
Read More »Australia’s Sky & Space Global Signs MoU With China Great Wall Industry Corporation For Pearl Constellation Launch
Sky and Space Global Ltd. (SAS), the New Space satellite communications company that is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) for the potential launch of SAS’s Pearl constellation of satellites.
Read More »Israel’s Gilat And Telesat Collaborate On LEO Modem Project
Gilat and Telesat have embarked on a collaborative project that will see the development of broadband communication technology using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites with an aim to accelerate access to broadband connectivity to those who live out of reach of fibre networks.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: On-Orbit Servicing or Roadside Assistance In Space by BusinessCom Networks
There is a new sector emerging within the space industry that could utterly revolutionise the satellite sector. On-Orbit servicing could be the biggest advancement the industry has seen yet as it could bring with it the capabilities to tackle space debris, to repair operational satellites and even upgrade them, reducing the need for new satellites and addressing some of the industry’s greatest challenges. Here, BusinessCom Networks offers up its view on on-orbit servicing.
Read More »Two Soyuz launches planned from Kourou this year
Not three, but two launches may be performed from Kourou in 2018
Read More »Arabsat To Assist Cloud Constellation Corporation In Providing SpaceBelt Cloud Data Storage
Arabsat will assist U.S.-based company Cloud Constellation Corporation in providing space-based cloud data storage with the aim of improving data storage security.
Read More »UAE’s Yahsat Seeks To Enter Burgeoning Internet Of Things Market
UAE’s Yahsat is looking at providing satellite connectivity for managing networked devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) in a bid to ensure growing revenues in the coming years.
Read More »Israel’s Gilat Receives Large Contract For Telecoms Infrastructure From Peru’s Fitel
Israel’s Gilat has received a U.S.$153.6 million contract from the Peruvian telecommunications investment fund, Fitel, to help build rural telecommunications infrastructure in the Amazonas and Ica regions of Peru and help bridge the rural divide.
Read More »UAE Down To Last 39 Candidates For Astronaut Programme and ISS Visit in 2019
The United Arab Emirates has progressed to the last 39 Emirati men and women who are in line to be selected as the nation’s first astronauts, one of whom will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Russia next year.
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