Kazakhstan has proposed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with Turkey in order to collaborate on space launch out of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, according to an official from the Aerospace Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Defence and Aerospace Industry.
Read More »Sudan’s First Satellite SRSS-1 Launched By China
Sudan's first satellite, the Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite (SRSS)-1, was successfully launched in the morning on 3 November 2019 by a Chinese Long March 4B satellite launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s northern Shanxi Province, according to reporting in Space in Africa.
Read More »UK And Australia Partner For Satellite Monitoring Of Pacific Islands Under Climate Change Threat
The UK Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through UK aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for disaster risk reduction, ocean monitoring, mangrove mapping and maritime management.
Read More »Vietnam Hosts 33rd Committee On Earth Observation Satellites In Hanoi
The Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) hosted the plenary of the 33rd Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) in Hanoi on 15 October 2019.
Read More »France’s CNES Enjoys Success At 70th International Astronautical Congress
On 25 October 2019 the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) came to a close in Washington, D.C. More than 6,800 representatives of the space community gathered from over 80 countries for a week of events, meetings and collaborations that will shape the future of space.
Read More »Germany’s DLR Teams With U.S. Federal Aviation Administration For Commercial Space Traffic Management
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are seeking to identify the data that may need to be exchanged between United States and European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP's) prior to, during and after a space launch or re-entry operation that is initiated in one country and traverses the airspace of another country.
Read More »Kazakhstan And Belarus Extend Space Cooperation Agreement To Include Exchange Of Satellite Imagery
Kazakhstan and Belarus have extended their 2017 space cooperation agreement, and have committed to exchanging satellite imagery with each other.
Read More »Armenia And Georgia Discuss Satellite Communications Collaboration
Government ministers from Armenia and Georgia met recently to discuss a range of economic and technical cooperation proposals, among them satellite communications.
Read More »Polish Space Agency Signs Cooperation Agreement With NASA
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.
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