This is “Northern launch site could transform Australia’s role in space" by Malcolm Davis, originally published on 20 December 2019.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: My 2019 in a review – by Michelle Hanlon
These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Michelle Hanlon, Co-Founder of For all Moonkind.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: My 2019 in a review – by Torsten Kriening
These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Torsten Kriening, Chief Operations Officer of ThorGroup and Publisher of SpaceWatch.Global.
Read More »Saudi Space Commission To Submit National Space Strategy To King Salman “Soon”
The Saudi Arabian Space Commission is reportedly about to submit a National Space Strategy and other legal and policy documents that consolidate the commission's roles and missions to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, according to a senior Saudi Space Commission advisor speaking at a recent space event in Riyadh.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Space And Hybrid Warfare – Part Two
By Ralph Thiele Part One of this essay was published on 21 December 2019 and can be found here. … open for business Large companies and start-ups are using space as a business model, as it enables them to offer new services or generate key data for processing and commercialisation …
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Clarifying Germany’s Voting Behaviour On Arms Control In Space
At the 74th UN General Assembly on 5 November 2019, Germany voted on four draft resolutions on arms control in space. This commentary provides information on how and with what intention the vote was taken, and why space weapons play a central role in this matter.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Space And Hybrid Warfare – Part One
Satellites are a critical infrastructure. They enable television, internet, telecommunications, energy, trade, and financial networks to function. As access to space gets cheaper, the commercial sector continues to grow its presence in space.
Read More »Russia Proposes To Jointly Build SAR Earth Observation Satellites With Belarus
The President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleksandr Sergeyev, has stated that Russia intends to build a group of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellites with assistance from the space and satellite industry of Belarus, according to Belarusian news agency BELTA.
Read More »India’s NAVIC GNSS Capability Declared An Allied System By U.S. Congress
The U.S. Congress has formally acknowledged India's NAVIC global navigation satellite system (GNSS) to be an "allied system" in its finalized 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the legislative bill that outlines the U.S. Department of Defense's budget, policies, and priorities for the coming fiscal year.
Read More »The 8th African Leadership Conference On Space Science And Technology For Sustainable Development
The 8th African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development was hosted at the UN Economic Commission for Africa, in Ethiopia from the 2nd to the 4th December 2019. Over 200 participants joined the conference from 31 countries, 21 of which were African countries.
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