Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today announced the appointments of Michael Colglazier as Virgin Galactic’s new Chief Executive Officer and George Whitesides as Chief Space Officer, effective July 20, 2020.
Read More »Russia to refit Vostochny spaceport for crewed launches
Russia will start work in early 2021 to design ground infrastructure for launching cosmonauts from the Vostochny spaceport, Deputy CEO of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos for Capital Construction Yuri Roslyak told TASS on 15 July 2020.
Read More »CYSEC raises 500,000 Swiss Francs for cybersecurity
The start-up based at EPFL Innovation Park provides a highly innovative solution for the growing Confidential Computing domain. CYSEC has just received a Tech Growth loan of 500,000 Swiss francs from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT)
Read More »Southern Launch prepares for spaceflight in South Australia
The development of small satellite technologies (SmallSats) has ushered in an era of dynamic and responsive space systems. Hundreds, and soon thousands, of these small platforms will be launched into Low Earth Orbits (LEO) every year
Read More »Equatorial Space joins SSTL Accelerator Program
Singapore’s answer to the global small launch vehicle movement, Equatorial Space Systems, joins Singapore Space & Technology Ltd (SSTL)’s Space-based Accelerator Programme.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: The future of the International Space Station
At a cost of more than $160 billion, orbiting 400 km above us, lies the most expensive man-made object ever built, the International Space Station (ISS). Its first module was launched into space in 1998 and completed in 2011.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: A Statue for OneWeb?
During recent dinner table discussions around the tear down of historic statues, I found myself to have an unusual pragmatic view: History is to be captured in books, detailing both its glory and its gruesomeness.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: On-Orbit Servicing, a double-edged sword
As orbital traffic continues to expand and flourish, on-orbit sustainability efforts must also evolve. On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) possesses the power to renovate degrading space assets and advance space sustainability through in-space manufacturing, orbit modification, refurbishment, and resource replenishment.
Read More »Smallspark Space Systems and Leaf Space to offer ground-station services to the UK
Cardiff-based aerospace company Smallspark Space Systems has entered into an exciting agreement with Leaf Space, an Italian provider of ground segment services to satellite operators and launchers, to bring cutting edge ground station services to UK Government and private sector clients.
Read More »UAE NASA Research Fellows program reaches tenth year
The coveted UAE NASA Research Fellows program which placed Emiratis as the first non-Americans to officially intern at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), have reached a decade milestone.
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