The Indonesian government has appointed a consortium of local companies to operate a broadband telecommunication satellite that will provide comprehensive internet access across the vast archipelago.
Read More »Astroscale Selected As Commercial Partner For JAXA’s Commercial Removal Of Debris Demonstration Project
Japan's Astroscale Holdings has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) first debris removal project, a groundbreaking step by Japan to commercialize space debris removal, the company announced 12 February 2020.
Read More »Firefly Aerospace Signs Launch Services Agreement With SATLANTIS Earth Observation Provider
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. announced the execution of a Launch Services Agreement with SATLANTIS. Beginning in 2022, SATLANTIS will utilize the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle to deploy a constellation of satellites with breakthrough high-resolution multispectral cameras with four bands of 80 cm native resolution.
Read More »UNOOSA Launches Space For Women Website
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) launched the website for its Space4Women project on 11 February 2020. The website helps connect girls and women to career opportunities in the space sector and in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) more widely.
Read More »Astrobotic Applauds Lunar Leadership In NASA’s FY2021 Budget Request
Astrobotic Technology Inc. has commended the president’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for NASA, which grows funding for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program within the Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program (LDEP).
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op-Ed: The Railroad To Space
By Raphael Roettgen 50 years after humans first landed on the Moon, the space sector seems to be at an inflection point. Here is why: those land and sea landings of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 boosters (first stage rockets) surely never get old to watch, but, importantly, they also mean that a …
Read More »Following Solar Orbiter, ESA To Send Twin Proba-3 Spacecraft To The Sun In 2022
After Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission observing the Sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial solar eclipse, opening up the clearest view yet of the Sun's faint atmosphere - probing the mysteries of its million degree heat and magnetic eruptions.
Read More »UK’s Defence Science And Technology Laboratory Participates In Five Eyes SSA Experiment
A unique, collaborative experiment being conducted by the UK's A unique, collaborative experiment being conducted by the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and representatives from the Five-Eyes nations (Dstl) and representatives from the Five-Eyes nations (UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) aims to make improvements in Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
Read More »SBI Holdings Announces Fundraising For New Venture Capital Fund To Focus On Tech Startups
Japanese financial company SBI Holdings announced at the end of January 2020 that it is raising as much as 100 billion Yen (U.S.$920 million) for a new venture capital fund that will focus on Japanese and foreign 5G network, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), and healthcare startups.
Read More »Bulgaria Sat Aims For 65 Percent Capacity On Satellite Within Two Years After Struggles
Bulgaria Sat, the operator of BulgariaSat-1 broadcasting and communications satellite, is aiming to lease 65 percent of the satellite's capacity within two years, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Maxim Zayakov.
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