Gilmour Space to conduct first suborbital launch in Q3 2018
Gilmour Space Technologies, a rocket company based in Australia/Singapore, has just announced it is on track for its first suborbital test launch scheduled for the third quarter of this year.
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SAS & Globalsat to provide the Americas with connectivity via nanosatellites
Australia-based nanosatellite telecommunications developer Sky and Space Global (SAS) has just announced the completion of its commercial testing programme with Globalsat, a Pan-American Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) consortium.
Following this, the two...
Interview: Audacy aspires to be the ‘telco’ for spacecraft
Audacy, a space communications service provider, is working towards developing a space-based data relay system using three Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites (scheduled to launch in 2019) and two ground stations....
Australia’s Space Agency leaders to hold interactive Q&A session
Troy McCann, CEO of Moonshot, will be hosting a live Q&A panel discussion with experts who have been leading the development of Australia’s new industry-focused Space Agency. On May 24 at...
Australian tech accelerators Startmate and Moonshot announce partnership
Startmate, Australia’s "most successful technology accelerator", is joining forces with "global engine for space startups", Moonshot, to "supercharge the best space-tech startups in Australia", according to a press release by Moonshot.
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Space Data Association to use space debris data from High Earth Orbit cubesats
Today, Sydney-based startup High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) announced that the Space Data Association (SDA) has signed a Letter of Intent to use data gathered from HEO’s planned nanosatellites.
Under the agreement,...
Interview: Seraphim Capital’s $250m global fund & the NewSpace ecosystem
Seraphim Capital, the world’s first Venture Capital fund focused on space, is about to launch a new US$250 million Global Fund. This will add to the UK-based company’s existing US$90 million...
Chinese company LinkSpace to develop reusable orbital rocket
LinkSpace, China's first privately-funded NewSpace company, has announced it will offer a reusable version of NewLine-1, a two-stage orbital launch vehicle currently in development. NewLine-1's maiden launch is scheduled for 2020,...
Rocket Lab integrates payloads for first of NASA’s dedicated small launch contracts
Rocket Lab, a New Zealand/USA launch services company, has just finished integrating NASA payloads, slated for launch within the first half of 2018. The payload integration process took place at Rocket...
Interview: Independence-X, Malaysia’s NewSpace pioneer
Independence-X Aerospace is a company of industry professionals and academics based out of Technology Park Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur with the aim of transforming Malaysia into a space hub as well...