The US National Space Council published a new document on 23rd July 2020 titled ‘'A New Era for Space Exploration and Development’. This is a particularly interesting document as it is not legally binding, a clear policy statement, nor one of the periodical space ‘strategy’ or review documents, yet it may be one of the more useful and revealing statements about a modern American vision for outer space in recent years.
Read More »Space Café Special Recap: Serbian Case for Space from 23 July 2020
In this week’s Space Café Special, Serbian Case for Space was in a conversation on “Cyber security and how to protect outer space”.
Read More »Space Café WebTalk Recap: Niklas Hedman on Space Multilateralism
In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Niklas Hedman, Chief of the Committee, Policy and Legal Affairs Section of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna talked about the governance phases under the 60 year history of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and the "New Frontier
Read More »Ariane 5 ready for Arianespace’s July 28 launch
The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s fifth mission of 2020 is now complete following integration of its three passengers at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Read More »LeoLabs to site next space radar in Costa Rica
LeoLabs, Inc., the leading commercial provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, announced Costa Rica as the site for its next space radar.
Read More »Dr. Greg Autry to become NASA CFO
Dr. Greg Autry, of California, to be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Read More »Airbus, GRC, Avanti and Get SAT to create high-speed, secure mobile satcom solution
Airbus Defence and Space, GRC Ltd., Avanti Communications Group plc and Get SAT Ltd. have signed a significant contract to deliver high-speed, secure satcom-on-the-move connectivity to a UK customer.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Space Technology Transfer
Space Technology Transfer 14.5 million photos are uploaded to the Internet every hour, and 85% of them are taken with a smartphone camera using CMOS active-pixel sensor, technology born at the NASA JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory where the concept of the first digital camera was also conceived. While searching for a small, light, and robust image sensor that can resist the extreme environment of space, in 1990 Eric Fossum and Sabrina Kemeny started to work on the CMOS technology that revolutionized the communication industry, and impacted the automotive, surveillance and medical sectors.
Read More »Australia and Japan strengthen space collaboration
The Australian Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signalling new opportunities to increase space collaboration between the two nations.
Read More »Kacific to provide wide-ranging satellite connectivity services for Tuvalu
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has signed a five-year agreement with the Government of Tuvalu to provide the Pacific Island nation with high-speed broadband internet connectivity via satellite.
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