The late 2030s are the most probable time for a crewed spacecraft’s flight to Mars, Executive Director of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos for Manned Space Programs Sergei Krikalyov said on Friday.
Read More »Telespazio UK awarded ESA contract for satellite-data QA tool
Telespazio UK, a subsidiary of Telespazio – a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) – has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) contract to further develop a tool to automate quality assurance analysis of Satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) data products.
Read More »TNO signs contract ESA for Phase 2 OF TOmCAT project for telecom satellites
TNO has signed a contract with ESA to demonstrate cutting-edge optical communication technologies for future terabit-per-second telecom satellites. The TOmCAT project (Terabit Optical Communication Adaptive Terminal) will enable high-throughput laser communication between ground stations and satellites.
Read More »NASA taps SETI Institute for Planetary Protection Support contract
NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure compliance with planetary protection standards.
Read More »NASA updates protection policies for Moon-to-Mars missions
NASA has released two NASA Interim Directives (NIDs) updating the agency’s requirements for robotic and human missions traveling to the Earth’s Moon, and human missions traveling to Mars. The first, NID 8715.128, addresses the control of forward terrestrial biological contamination associated with all NASA and NASA-affiliated missions intended to land, orbit, or otherwise encounter the Moon.
Read More »NASA Completes Psyche Satellite Design, Moves to Hardware Development
Psyche, the NASA mission to explore a metal-rock asteroid of the same name, recently passed a crucial milestone that brings it closer to its August 2022 launch date. Now the mission is moving from planning and designing to high-gear manufacturing of the spacecraft hardware that will fly to its target in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Read More »exactEarth expands Channel Partner Agreement by $7.0 Million
exactEarth Ltd. , a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services announces an expanded alliance agreement with one of its existing channel partners. All financial figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.
Read More »Viasat launches premium residential internet service in Brazil
Viasat Inc. a global communications company, announced today the availability of reliable, high-speed, high-quality internet service for residential customers in Brazil.
Read More »ClearSpace-1 mission kicks off
Work has just begun on building the first satellite that can capture and deorbit space debris. Making the space activities more sustainable is a huge responsibility – one that the European Space Agency has entrusted to EPFL startup ClearSpace.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: ESPI Report: COVID-19 and the European Space Sector
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is the conclusion of ESPI Special Report: ‘COVID-19 and the European Space Sector’, originally published in July 2020.
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