The leaders of the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a landmark Joint Statement of Intent for Space Cooperation on 24 October 2019 during the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington, D.C.
Read More »Luxembourg Space Agency And Germany’s DLR To Cooperate On Space Resources Utilization
The German Aerospace Center, the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt DLR), and Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), have agreed to cooperate in the exploration and use of space. The signing ceremony took place at the 70th International Aeronautical Congress (IAC) in Washington, DC, the U.S. capital.
Read More »Arianespace Successfully Launches ESA And Intelsat Payloads
Arianespace marked another success for global telecommunications with launch of the Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C satellites, which were deployed to geostationary transfer orbit on its latest flight using a workhorse Ariane 5.
Read More »Speedcast Wins Contract for Fully-Managed Communications with Color Line
Speedcast has been awarded a new multi-year, fully-managed communications contract with Color Line, onboard the Color Carrier vessel.
Read More »Germany’s DLR Leads Five European Companies To Take On SpaceX In Reusable Launch With RETALT Programme
Five European Companies and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have teamed up to tackle the shortcoming of know-how in reusable rockets in Europe, which start upright and land upright after a successful mission.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: COPUOS Long Term Sustainability Guidelines Set Stage For Secure World Foundation’s Summit For Space Sustainability
The adoption of the Long Term Sustainability (LTS) Guidelines “is the most significant output of COPUOS [Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space] in the last decade, and the most significant output promoting space sustainability,”
Read More »UAE Meteorological Centre Calls For Enhanced Arabian Peninsula Coverage Using Chinese Weather Satellites
The UAE's National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) delegation has concluded its participation at the 18th World Meteorological Congress in Geneva. The delegation was headed by NCM Executive Director, Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous.
Read More »Space Wars: NATO To Acknowledge Space As Warfighting Domain, Approve Space Strategy
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is expected to approve its first space strategy this coming week, and NATO leaders will apparently acknowledge that space is a warfighting domain at the NATO summit to be held in London in December 2019, according to reports by Reuters and the Financial Times.
Read More »UNOOSA and CMSA announce winners of opportunity to fly experiments on board China Space Station
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have announced the winners of their joint opportunity to conduct experiments on board the China Space Station (CSS).
Read More »Japan And France Strengthen Space Cooperation In Preparation For Macron Visit
President of the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), Jean-Yves Le Gall, was in Tokyo on 6 June 2019 to lay the groundwork for the space agenda of the State Visit of President Emmanuel Macron to Japan on 26 and 27 June.
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