JAXA and CNES Sign Agreement to Collaborate on Martian Moons Exploration
A few days ago, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that it had signed an Implementing Arrangement with France's Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) to share technical expertise during the R&D...
Thailand, Singapore Announce New Missions at the 3rd Space Environment and Kibo Utilization Workshop
JAXA has just released an overview of its activities in February, in its monthly press release which outlines the previous month’s activities.
This month’s release gave an overview of the 3rd Space...
Post-Cyclone Debbie Flooding Continues to Affect Australia While it Heads towards New Zealand
Cyclone Debbie, the strongest tropical cyclone in Australia since 2015, has abated, leaving a trail of destruction and massive flooding across the Eastern Australia and Northern New Zealand.
GeoScience Australia has requested...
ST Electronics Wins US$56M Worth of Contracts in Satellite Comms
Singapore-based company ST Engineering announced yesterday that its subsidiary, ST Electronics, has won US$56 million (SG$79 million) worth of contracts in the satellite communications sector.
The pool of contracts comes from...
Myanmar’s Cyclone Maarutha Dissipates, Claiming Three Lives
Cyclone Maarutha, which hit Myanmar on Sunday night, has dissipated, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction in its wake.
According to Reliefweb, the cyclone claimed three casualties in the Irrawaddy Division...
Kymeta and Sky Perfect JSAT Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
Sky Perfect JSAT, Asia’s largest satellite operator, has signed a strategic partnership with Kymeta, a company which develops satellite antenna technology, to provide new satellite communications technology to the Japanese market.
The...
India’s Ministry of Agriculture Signs Geotagging MOU with the National Remote Sensing Centre
ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre and India’s Ministry of Agriculture have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the geotagging of agricultural assets under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana scheme.
This...
ISRO Releases Updated Data from Satellites
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has released updated satellite data from two of its satellites, Scatsat-1 and RISAT-1, on 24 April 2017 and 18 April 2017 respectively.
Data sets from...
China and Pakistan Sign Agreement to build the “Beihang BeiDou Silk Road Institute”
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Pakistan National University of Science and Technology brought forth a new chapter of collaboration between China and Pakistan with the signing of the “BeiDou Silk...
China Launches Shijian-13, Continuing Trend of Launch Successes
China National Space Administration’s communications satellite, Shijian-13, was successfully launched aboard a Long March 3B (Chang Zheng 3B) rocket at 7.03 p.m local time.
It appears the launch was a public one,...