When ESA’s Director General Jan Woerner started his last 12 months at the helm of the European Space Agency end of June, he wrote a blog that witnessed a certain impatience and urgency about the future and direction of the organization.
Read More »Launch of Russian Amur rocket with reusable stage will cost $22 mln
The cost of launching a new Russian carrier rocket Amur powered by methane with a reversible first stage and without an upper stage will reach $22 mln, according to the tender documentation for a new rocket published on the government procurement website on Friday.
Read More »Space mission to test Purdue-developed drag sail planned
A rocket is going up into space with a drag sail. The goal? For the drag sail to bring the rocket back to Earth, preventing it from becoming like the thousands of pieces of space junk in Earth’s lower orbit.
Read More »Australia’s First Launch from Australia’s First People
Southern Launch, DEWC Systems, T-Minus Engineering and the Koonibba Community will be entering the history books when Australia’s first space capable rocket will be launched to the edge of space.
Read More »PredaSAR completes Critical Design Review to begin largest SAR satellite constellation
PredaSAR Corporation has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) to begin fabrication, testing and launch of its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) spacecraft, in partnership with Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems Inc.
Read More »KBR to Acquire Centauri
KBR announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, under which KBR will acquire Centauri, a leading independent provider of high-end space, directed energy and other advanced technology solutions, for approximately $800 million (net of tax benefits) in cash.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes With Prof. Chris Newman” On 15 September 2020
Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Professor Chris Newman, Professor of Space Law and Policy at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom.
Read More »AXESS Receives Financing to Continue Consolidating Globally
AXESS Networks, established in 2019, resulting the merger of two leading companies in satellite communications: Axesat in Latin America and CETel in Europe. Today, AXESS is a global player in the satellite communications industry, with operations in 50 countries on four continents, providing tailored managed end-to-end communications solutions to its corporate customers.
Read More »Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center board meets on strategic plans
The Board of Directors of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, held a meeting chaired by Talal Humaid Belhoul, Vice President, MBRSC to discuss developments related to future projects at the Centre, aligned with the strategic plan of the UAE’s National Space Programme.
Read More »Secure World Foundation Releases Fact Sheets on Anti-satellite Testing
Over the last fifteen years there has been a resurgence of anti-satellite (ASAT) testing in space by multiple countries. During the Cold War between 1960 and 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union conducted dozens of tests of both direct ascent and co-orbital ASAT weapons, some of which destroyed satellites and created hundreds of pieces of orbital debris.
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