Indonesia aims to launch an indigenous orbital rocket by 2040
Indonesia’s space agency LAPAN has announced its aim to launch an indigenous orbital rocket by 2040, with the ability to insert a 1-tonne satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
The announcement was...
Australian govt awards AU$1.235m defence contract to Saber Astronautics
Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded space engineering company Saber Astronautics a Phase II Defence Innovation Hub contract to advance the capability in detecting degraded electronic signals, according to the company's...
ISRO launch vehicle budgets and revenues
Yesterday, during a session of the Lok Sabha (the Indian parliament’s Lower House), several questions were raised about the budget and revenues of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO’s) launch vehicles.
Budget...
K Sivan appointed new ISRO Chairman
Dr. K Sivan, currently the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), will take over as the new Chairman of India's space agency ISRO and will also be the Secretary of...
Australian government selects Lockheed Martin for space situational awareness system
The Australian government has chosen Lockheed Martin's intelligent Space (iSpace), which the company released a year ago, as its space situation awareness training and demonstration mission system.
Deployed within the Australian Space Operations...
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...
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...
UN & China invite applications to conduct experiments on-board China’s Space Station
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China's Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have invited applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China's Space Station (CSS).
In...
India approves US$1.574 billion funding for ISRO’s 30 PSLV & 10 GSLV flights
India's Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Continuation Programme (Phase 6) and funding of thirty PSLV operational flights under the Programme,...
Airbus signs agreement with Vietnam, shares details of Thailand’s THEOS-2
Airbus and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have recently signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) that allows them to work together on several areas of interest in the space...
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