On 23 October 2019, on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross signed a Declaration of Intent with Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall
Read More »UAE Space Agency Flies Flag At 70th International Astronautical Congress In Washington DC
The UAE Space Agency, represented by a high-level delegation led by Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, is participating in the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2019.
Read More »Australian Space Agency Signs Agreement With Maxar Technologies To Develop Strategic Collaboration
Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, announced on 22 October 2019 it has signed a joint statement of strategic intent and cooperation with the Australian Space Agency.
Read More »Luxembourg Space Agency And NASA Deepen Lux-US Space Cooperation
Representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and of the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), signed a Joint Statement of Intent to explore different areas through technical and programmatic discussions with the objective of identifying opportunities for collaboration.
Read More »Turkey And Italy Seek To Boost Space Collaboration And Satellite Development
Ankara recently hosted its Turkey-Italy Innovation Day event where space cooperation between the two countries was highlighted by senior officials and corporate executives. Among the agenda items of the event was a common desire to increase space cooperation and satellite development between the two countries.
Read More »Space Silk Road: China Proposes Space Cooperation Agreement With Azerbaijan
China and Azerbaijan have great prospects for cooperation in the space sector, Chinese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Guo Min told reporters in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to a report by the Trend News Agency on 18 October 2019.
Read More »France And Japan Boost Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Cooperation At Kyoto Conference
On 5 and 6 October 2019 in Kyoto, Japan, Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) President Jean-Yves Le Gall took part in the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum 2019 and the 10th EU-Japan Science Policy Forum.
Read More »Iran Looks To Get In On Middle East Human Spaceflight Boom With Russia
The head of the Iran Space Agency (ISA), Morteza Barari, has said that Iran is looking to open discussions with Russia about the possibility of sending an Iranian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS), according to Iranian press reports.
Read More »Algeria And Russia Discuss Expanding Space Cooperation And Development
Algeria and Russia discussed expanding space cooperation and increased development of Algerian space capabilities during a visit to Algiers by a Russian delegation consisting of officials and executives from the Russian state space agency Roscosmos, Russian commercial launch provider Glavkosmos, and the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Electromechanics (VNIIEM) that is responsible for developing sensors for environmental monitoring, meteorological, and other remote sensing satellites.
Read More »Ethiopia To Begin Work On Satellite MAIT Facility With European Funding
The Ethiopian government has revealed that it will break ground on a satellite manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in the Addis Ababa area in January 2020, signaling the start of the second phase of its space development strategy.
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