Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, met for a status check on the development of the two nations’ cooperation in space.
Read More »Combined Space Operations Initiative Welcomes France And Germany
The Principals’ Board for the Combined Space Operations (CSpO) initiative came together in Ottawa, Canada, for its annual meeting last week to formally recognize the addition of France and Germany to the CSpO initiative.
Read More »NGC Aerospace and UAE’s National Space Science And Technology Centre To Jointly Develop Flight Software Of An Earth-Observation Satellite
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and NGC Aerospace, have signed a collaboration agreement and initiated the joint development of the flight software for a HyperSpectral Earth-observation satellite.
Read More »Indian Astronaut Candidates Start Training In Russia
The Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) has started the planned training programme of Indian astronaut candidates under the contract between Glavkosmos, JSC (part of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos) and the Human Spaceflight Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Read More »Japan Eyes Space Cooperation With Malaysia As Balance To Chinese Influence In SE Asia
Japan is eyeing expanded space cooperation with Malaysia in a bid to deepen diplomatic and economic ties with the Southeast Asian country, and as part of an effort to balance against China's powerful influence through such programmes as its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the region.
Read More »German Armed Forces Discuss CSpO Initiative Cooperation With U.S. Space Command
A delegation of German military leaders in air and space operations met with U.S. space leaders, as well as Space X, and visited U.S. space operators and facilities at Vandenberg AFB, California, to discuss current multinational operations and future bilateral cooperation on 5-6 February 2020.
Read More »UK’s Defence Science And Technology Laboratory Participates In Five Eyes SSA Experiment
A unique, collaborative experiment being conducted by the UK's A unique, collaborative experiment being conducted by the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and representatives from the Five-Eyes nations (Dstl) and representatives from the Five-Eyes nations (UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) aims to make improvements in Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
Read More »ESA-NASA Solar Orbiter Lifts Off For Historic Mission To The Sun
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, built by Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK, was launched on board a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V space launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 23:03hrs Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 9 February 2020 (04:03hrs GMT, 10 February 2020). As planned, the spacecraft …
Read More »Thales Alenia Space Signs MoU With Luxembourg For Digital Centre Of Excellence
Thales Alenia Space moved forward this week in creating its Digital Center of Excellence in Luxembourg by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of the Economy of the Duchy of Luxembourg. It aims to become a major industrial contributor to the nation’s ambitious space and digital strategy.
Read More »Europe And Russia Gear Up For Joint Luna-27 Lunar Lander
The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and sample analysis package, and the teams behind it are one step closer to flight as part of Russia's Luna-27 mission.
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