The Finnish New Space company ICEYE is now providing radar imaging data from its commercial synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters for use in monitoring and response activities.
Read More »Airbus and ESA sign agreement to continue ISS operations
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed an annual renewal contract with Airbus on continuing the operation and use of European components on the International Space Station (ISS). The contract is worth around €16 million.
Read More »Orbital Transports Announces “Get Spaceborne” Service for In-Orbit Demonstration and Space Qualification
Orbital Transports, Inc. announced its new service Get SpaceborneTM today. Get SpaceborneTM is a great new resource for small satellite component manufacturers.
Read More »B-LiFE, SES and GovSat Deploy Mobile COVID-19 Testing Laboratory to Italy
The Piedmont regional government in Italy and healthcare professionals will be using the satellite-enabled mobile Biological Light Fieldable Laboratory for Emergencies, known as B-LiFE, to scale COVID-19 screening operations.
Read More »Decisions from the 290th ESA Council meeting
ESA’s 22 Member States approved the Director General’s proposal to appoint Elodie Viau as Director for Telecommunications from 1 September 2020, succeeding the current director, Magali Vaissiere.
Read More »Canada looks to Canadian company MDA to build Gateway Canadarm3 for Artemis Deep Space Missions
Canada is taking another important step forward in its participation in the next chapter of Moon exploration. Today, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced Canada intends to enter into a contract with Brampton-based company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. (MDA) to build Canadarm3.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced last Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 40 – USA seeking support for recovery and use of space resources
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 ESPI Briefs No. 40: ‘USA seeking support for recovery and use of space resources’, originally published in April 2020.
Read More »Thuraya and Telespazio Sign Partnership Agreement for Global Distribution
Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE’s Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), has signed a partnership agreement with Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), to distribute its products and services worldwide.
Read More »GREEK TEAM DEVELOPS DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA FOR SMALL SATELLITE UNDER EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY PROJECT
A flagship ESA project has just landed in Greece! Being kicked off amidst the coronavirus crisis and the consequent financial uncertainty, ESA has entrusted the Greek consortium led by Adamant Composites to develop a deployable structure that can work as an antenna for small satellites.
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