JAXA launches final Michibiki satellite to commence GPS augmentation
This morning, at 7:01 JST (Japan Standard Time), Japan’s space agency JAXA launched Michibiki-4, the final satellite needed to make Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) operational.
Michibiki-4 was launched using Mitsubishi Heavy...
China to design a reusable winged spacecraft
Yesterday, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) announced that it will be working with Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute, which designs military aircraft, to develop a new reusable spacecraft for...
Indonesia’s Space Agency Shares Satellite Data with Papuan Fishermen
Indonesia’s space agency, LAPAN, has organized a sharing session with local fisherman from the province of Papua, in order to educate them on the use of satellite data for fishing.
Held at...
China launches Venezuelan remote sensing satellite VRSS-2
China has just launched VRSS-2, also known as Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuela's second remote sensing satellite. The launch took place at approximately 12 p.m. Beijing time (GMT+8) from the Jiuquan...
JAXA begins test firing LE-5B-3 engine for second stage of H-3 rocket
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has begun test firing LE-5B-3, the engine developed for the second stage of its new H-3 rocket slated for launch in 2020.
An enhanced version of...
Japan’s WERU Investment, Airbus Ventures lead LeoLabs’ $13 million Series A
LeoLabs, a California-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) startup, has just closed a US$13 million Series A financing round led by Japanese Venture Capital (VC) firm WERU Investment and Airbus Ventures. Other...
KARI selects Thales Alenia Space for communications equipment on lunar probe
South Korea’s space agency, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), has just signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for its lunar probe’s communications equipment.
Known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter...
Papua New Guinea to use Aireon’s space-based air traffic surveillance
Papua New Guinea Air Services Limited (PNGASL), which provides air navigation services for the country's airspace, has signed an agreement to deploy Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance...
ISRO releases Oct 8 Mars images
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just released its most recent image of Mars, taken on October 8 2017, from at altitude of from an altitude of 70,157 km (the first...
Singapore’s Addvalue gets US type approval for maritime satcomm terminal
Singapore public-listed company Addvalue Innovation has announced that two of its products – the iFleetONE maritime satellite communications terminal and its Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) – have been type approved by...
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