Two space projects selected for Australia’s CRC Projects grant, worth US$3.9m
Australia's Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants, which support short-term collaborative research projects, has selected 2 space-related projects out of the 24 recently awarded.
The first, worth US$1.91m (AU$2.85m) went to Liquid...
Odysseus Space to collaborate with Taiwanese university on pulse plasma thruster
Taiwanese company Odysseus Space has just announced a collaboration with Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to develop a Pulse Plasma Thruster (PPT) propulsion system for small satellites, known as ARGO.
This...
SpaceX, mu Space to help Thai govt rescue trapped boys
UPDATE 11 July AM: Read about the aftermath in a new article here.
UPDATE 10 July PM: The entire crew (12 boys and the coach) has been safely rescued from the cave...
Japan’s Infostellar to establish UK office
On January 7, Japanese antenna-sharing startup Infostellar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Satellite Applications Catapult, a UK-based company that helps space companies with technology, business strategy, and commercialisation.
As...
JAXA scrubs Michibiki 3 launch due to problem with propulsion
Japan’s space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has scrubbed the launch of its Michibiki 3 satellite.
Originally planned for August 11, the launch was postponed to August 12 at approximately 2p.m....
Arianespace to launch Malaysia’s MEASAT-3d in 2021
Malaysian telecommunications company MEASAT will launch its latest satellite, MEASAT-3d, aboard Arianespace's heavy lift launcher, Ariane 5. The Airbus-built satellite will be launched in 2021 from Arianespace's launch site at Kourou,...
Arianespace to launch Thailand’s THEOS-2
Arianespace has been selected to launch Thailand’s THEOS-2, the country’s new earth observation satellite, which will be built by Airbus.
THEOS-2 will be launched in 2021, using either Arianespace’s existing Vega small...
Gilmour Space & Momentus partner to expand launch service options for small sats
Gilmour Space Technologies, a Queensland-based rocket company, has signed an agreement with Momentus, an in-space transport systems developer, to offer their respective customers a broader range of launch options – including...
JAXA co-develops sensing system to monitor space contamination
JAXA and Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd have codeveloped a new sensing system to monitor outgases emitted from components and materials of spacecraft.
Known as Twin QCM, the system is new, world-first...
Rakuten and Vodafone Invest in AST & Science’s mobile broadband network for smartphones
Rakuten and Vodafone have become the lead investors in a venture to extend mobile coverage to more people and devices across the planet, using the first mobile broadband network that will...
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