Demand for oil has collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic just as supply is about to strengthen because of a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia. As a result, oil prices have sunk to levels not seen since 2002.
Read More »NASA Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13, ‘A Successful Failure’
As NASA marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission – which has become known as “a successful failure” that saw the safe return of its crew in spite of a catastrophic explosion – the agency is sharing a variety of resources, recognizing the triumph of the mission control team and the astronauts, and looking at how those lessons learned can be applied to its lunar Artemis program.
Read More »Mauritanian Satellite Services Provider CSS And Forsway Join Forces To Boost West African Broadband Connectivity
CSS, a West African communications services provider with 20 years of experience supplying critical satellite and broadband services, together with Forsway, a leading provider of innovative solutions tapping satellite and existing terrestrial technologies to enable cost-efficient broadband, announced on 7 April 2020 the next phase of their cooperation in Mauritania to deliver affordable broadband in West Africa.
Read More »Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group To Launch First Satellite Golden Bauhinia No.1
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) announced it aims to launch the "Golden Bauhinia No.1" low-orbit high frequency satellite in June from China. The planned launch marks an important milestone in the company's "Golden Bauhinia" space remote sensing project.
Read More »Geospatial Intelligence Company Bird.I Acquired By Hanley Wood And Meyers Research
Hanley Wood | Meyers Research, the housing industry's foremost advisors and provider of rich data, has announced it acquired Bird.i, a Scotland-based company that combines the latest satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide valuable land and building insights.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Innovation: Introducing The Serbian Case For Space Foundation
In Serbia, space governance, space technology, space law and their significance tend to be linked to science fiction or perceived as an expensive and, more importantly, as an exclusive realm only a select few superpowers can take part in.
Read More »AAC Clyde Space Wins Order For Commercial Environmental Monitoring Satellite
AAC Clyde Space has won a £642 000 order for a 6U satellite from Orbital Micro Systems (OMS), to be launched as part of the UK Space Launch Programme.
Read More »Myriota Raises $19.3 Million In Series B Funding To Grow IoT Satellite Network
Myriota, the world leader in low-cost and low-power satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced a AUD$28 million (US$19.3 million) Series B funding round led by Hostplus and Main Sequence Ventures.
Read More »Trump Administration Issues Executive Order On Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources
On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources.
Read More »Switzerland’s ETH Zurich And EPF Lausanne Launch Initiative To Create Engineering Solutions To Combat The Coronavirus Crisis
The two technical universities in Switzerland's ETH domain, ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, have launched a new initiative, helpfulETH.
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