https://spacewatch.global/tag/equator/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 04 Sep 2018 05:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/equator/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/indonesias-lapan-aims-to-indigenously-launch-one-ton-satellites-by-2040/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10220 Indonesia’s space agency, Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN), has announced that it intends to launch an indigenous space launch vehicle (SLV) by 2040 with the ability to insert a 1-ton satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), according to SpaceTech Asia.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/space-mining-opportunity-middle-east-oil-powers-analyst/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 07:30:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4194 Middle Eastern oil powers are well-placed to take advantage of the opportunities presented by exploiting space resources such as water and preciois metal, according to an energy industry analyst based in Singapore. According to Bloomberg, Tom James, a partner with Singapore-based commodities and energy consultancy Navitas Resources, says that countries such as Saudi Arabia and […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/israel-looking-use-brazilian-alcantara-site-space-launch/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4112 Israel, along with France, Russia, and the United States, is seeking to use the Alcântara Launch Centre (CLA) located on the northeast Brazilian coast close to the equator, according to the Brazilian Space Agency. The Alcântara Launch Centre is the closest launch site to the Earth’s equator anywhere in the world. This special location provides […]]]>