A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 23:27, 28 March 2019 UTC (12:27, 29 March NZDT). The mission launched a prototype reflect array antenna to orbit for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Read More »Space Wars: India Successfully Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon In ‘Mission Shakti’
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the country's first anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test against an out-of-service Indian satellite orbiting the Earth at 300 kilometres altitude on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, at 11.16 am Indian Time.
Read More »France’s CNES Gives Go-Ahead To CO3D Earth Observation Programme
The 358th session of the Centre national d'études spatiales' (CNES) Board of Directors was held at the agency’s Head Office in Paris Les Halles on 12 March 2019. On this occasion, the Board gave the go-ahead for the CO3D project and reviewed the agency’s programmatic activities.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Is It Time To Stop Talking About Space Policy?
By Dr. Bleddyn Bowen SpaceWatch.Global is delighted to welcome Bleddyn Bowen as its latest columnist. Bleddyn will be contributing his column every quarter.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Feature: Southeast Asian Space Programmes – Capabilities, Challenges, And Collaborations
By Nandini Sarma - In many parts of the world, space technology is being used to improve people’s lives. Apart from their uses for everyday services like weather forecasting, long-distance communications, and GPS systems, the manifold applications of space technology assist in many other ways.
Read More »Israel’s IAI Unveils ADA-O Capability To Counter GNSS Jammers
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is introducing ADA-O, an additional development in the Adaptive Antenna (ADA) lineup, which addresses satellite jammers to ensure Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) availability for land platforms.
Read More »Scotland’s Clyde Space Selected To Build Hyperspectral CubeSat For Poland’s KP Labs
ÅAC Microtec AB's subsidiary, Clyde Space, has been selected by KP Labs to deliver a 6U satellite for the mission Intuition-1. The order value is 500,000 British Pounds Sterling (U.S.$656,000).
Read More »Space Wars: U.S. Hosts Combined Space Operations Coalition Summit At Vandenberg AFB
The Joint Force Space Component Command (JFSCC) hosted a Combined Space Operation Coalition Summit with more than 120 defence personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States at Vandenberg AFB, California, 19-22 February 2019.
Read More »Australia’s Western Sydney University Unveils Revolutionary Mobile SSA Capability
A revolutionary and world-first approach to space imaging led by Western Sydney University's International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS) will be demonstrated for the first time publicly at this year's Avalon Airshow.
Read More »HawkEye 360 Starts Satellite-Based Radio Frequency Geolocation Service
HawkEye 360 Inc. has successfully commissioned its three Pathfinder satellites and begun geolocating radio frequency (RF) signals. HawkEye 360 satellites fly in a commercially unique formation that independently pinpoints the geographical origin of a wide range of RF signals.
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