The UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) announced on 2 November 2019 that it has commenced work on the Smart Map of Natural Capital of the UAE.
Read More »Italy’s D-Orbit Selected By OneWeb For Active Debris Removal In ESA Project Sunrise Framework
OneWeb has awarded a subcontract to D-Orbit SpA for the development of an active debris removal (ADR) mission in the frame of European Space Agency (ESA) Project Sunrise.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Dig deep: Australia’s mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA’s Moon and Mars shots
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Prof. Andrew Dempster, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is “Dig deep: Australia’s mining know-how makes it the perfect $150m partner for NASA’s Moon and Mars shots”, originally published 25 September 2019 at The Conversation.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: 4th Global Space Traffic Management Workshop – A Review
Hosted by Lockheed Martin and the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, and in collaboration with Northern Space & Security Limited (NORSS) and Northumbria University Faculty of Law, the fourth instalment of the Global Space Traffic Management Workshop (GSTMW) brought together a variety of international participants from across the strands of academic, government, military and commercial space.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: A new French Space Command
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and ORF, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is “A new French Space Command”, originally published Oct 5, 2019 in the ORF Space Alert, Vol VII, Issue 4.
Read More »Race Is On To Supply High-Resolution Earth Observation Satellites To Vietnam
Earth observation satellite manufacturers from France, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the United States are vying to build a high-resolution imaging satellite for Vietnam, according to French online publication Intelligence Online.
Read More »Russia’s Glavkosmos Offers To Build Second Bangladeshi Communications Satellite
Glavkosmos, the Russian launch services and satellite company, has expressed an interest in building and launching Bangladesh’s second communications satellite, Bangabandhu-2, according to several Bangladeshi press reports.
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Receives IAF Flag For 2020’s 71st International Astronautical Congress In Dubai
The UAE, represented by Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, Director-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), received the organising committee flag for the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which is set to be held in Dubai in 2020.
Read More »Vietnam Hosts 33rd Committee On Earth Observation Satellites In Hanoi
The Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) hosted the plenary of the 33rd Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) in Hanoi on 15 October 2019.
Read More »France’s CNES Enjoys Success At 70th International Astronautical Congress
On 25 October 2019 the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) came to a close in Washington, D.C. More than 6,800 representatives of the space community gathered from over 80 countries for a week of events, meetings and collaborations that will shape the future of space.
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