Japan launches cargo spacecraft to the ISS, carrying CubeSats from Japan, Singapore
On September 23, at 2:54 a.m. JST (UTC+9), Japan’s space agency JAXA launched its cargo spacecraft, Kounotori-7 (HTV7), to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took place using Japan’s H-IIB...
Interview: COO of Odysseus Space on Taiwan, laser technologies & automation in space
Odysseus Space is a NewSpace company founded in Taiwan in 2016, by three French engineers. In 2018, Odysseus opened a second office in Luxembourg, after winning the Luxembourg Space Agency’s SpaceResources.lu...
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO to invest US$11.7m in space tech research
Today, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO announced it will be investing US$25.6 million (AU$35m) in space technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), of which US$11.7m (AU$16m) will go to space technology.
The new...
ISRO successfully tests High Thrust Vikas Engine for GSLV-Mk III
Yesterday, India’s space agency the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced it has successfully completed a ground test to qualify a high thrust version of its Vikas Engine, which is used...
Australia to develop cubesat for predicting bushfires
Australia is currently developing its first cubesat designed to predict where bushfires are likely to start and those that will be difficult to contain.
The development will take place at The Australian...
JAXA, Sony to research in-orbit laser communications
JAXA, Sony Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) and Sony Corporation have signed a cooperative research agreement on conducting in-orbit demonstrations of laser communications system, according to its press release.
This research will be...
CubeSats from Malaysia, Bhutan & the Philippines deployed from the ISS
On 10 August 2018, Japan’s space agency JAXA deployed three CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS), using the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD).
These Cubesats belong to Malaysia, Bhutan and...
NASA to contribute to 2 upcoming JAXA missions
NASA and Japan’s space agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have announced plans to continue collaborating on space exploration missions.
In a press conference held at JAXA headquarters yesterday, the two...
Alba Orbital to host 1st Asian PocketQube Workshop
Alba Orbital, a Glasgow-based PocketQube satellite company, will be organizing the 1st Asian PocketQube Workshop in Singapore, on 5 November 2018.
The goal of this workshop is to offer a venue to foster collaboration...
Airbus & Chinese government jointly open nanoscience lab
The Chinese government has signed an agreement with Airbus, in which both parties have agreed to cooperate on engineering polymer nanocomposites for aeronautic applications. This includes Research and Development (R&D) on...
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