Space saving measures: Addressing the debris problem
Earlier this month, the Space Security Index (SSI) 2017, an international research project headed by Canadian NGO Project Ploughshares, was released.
This is the 14th edition of the annual, covering the period...
How should the Satcom industry deal with AI, IoT & Space Debris?
At Satellite Technology Asia held in Singapore from 9-10 October, the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) made an announcement – IRG has now rebranded (and reoriented) itself as the Satcoms Innovation...
Indonesia’s space policy as outlined in the National Space Law of 2013
For a fledgling space programme such as Indonesia’s, which has not progressed beyond developing experimental rockets, the nation seems to have taken a great interest in space law and policy.
Led...
Stephen Hawking’s plans for reaching Alpha Centauri
On Sunday, one of China’s largest Internet companies Tencent held its annual WE Summit in Beijing. This year the conference opened with a video address by Stephen Hawking, who has become...
The 10 space projects that won Japan’s space awards
Just before announcing a few days ago that it has created a US$940 million fund for space startups, the Japanese government held its 3rd Space Development Utilization Grand Prize. The event...
Japan brings Ryugu asteroid samples home
Yesterday, 6 December 2020 at around 3 a.m JST (UTC+9), Japan’s re-entry capsule containing samples from the asteroid Ryugu landed in Woomera, South Australia.
The capsule was part of Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission...
Japan’s Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission & payloads
Earlier this month, we took a look at the recent developments from JAXA and their European partners with regards to Hayabusa 2 and the MASCOT hopper rover.
In the following days of...
China’s Tianzhou-1: Its Mission, Experiments and Significance
On 20 April 2017, China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 was launched and made its way to China’s spacelab, Tiangong-2. Two days later, on 22 April, at about 4.00 UTC, Tianzhou-1 docked...
The Chang’e 4 mission: Launch, payload, and landing zone
On 7 December 2018, the Chang’e 4 mission was launched on board a Longmarch 3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. Its destination? The far side of the Moon. As...
SES talks about its APAC strategy and the future of the industry
Largest satellite operator SES may be based in Luxembourg but has global operations worldwide, operating more than 70 geostationary (GEO) satellites and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and having regional offices in...
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