Long March 5 resumes launches with China’s heaviest satellite
On 27 December 2019, China's largest rocket, the Long March 5, resumed operations after its launch failure in July 2017. The latest launch marked the 3rd flight of the rocket, and...
Virgin Orbit partners with Japan’s Oita Prefecture for its first Asian launch site
Virgin Orbit has announced a new partnership with Japan's Oita Prefecture to host its first Asian launch site at Oita Airport, with the support of ANA Holdings Inc. and the Space...
ISRO to improve sensitivity of gamma-ray burst detector
In light of the detection of gravitational wave (GW) GW170817, caused by the merger of binary neutron stars, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has declared it will improve the sensitivity...
JAXA & ISRO to embark on Joint Lunar Polar Exploration
Japan’s space agency JAXA and India’s space agency ISRO have signed an Implementation Arrangement (IA) for a Joint Lunar Polar Expedition.
Under the IA, the two agencies will jointly conduct a feasibility...
e-GEOS to supply Australian Maritime Safety Authority with satellite data for oil spills
On 7 February e-GEOS, a joint venture of Telespazio (a partnership between Thales and Leonard) and the Italian Space Agency, announced that it has won a contract to supply geo-information services...
Japan-based Weathernews & Laos government sign MoU for meteorological data exchange
Weathernews Inc., a Japan-based company that operates weather satellites, has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment of...
Australia’s space agency to launch on 1 July, headed by Dr Megan Clark
Following a Budget announcement last week that the Australian government will commit US$30.5 million to space, the Turnbull administration has declared that the agency will begin operations on 1 July 2018.
The...
Goonhilly appoints Australia head, eyes Asia-Pacific market
Satellite communications and space gateway provider Goonhilly Earth Station today announced the appointment of Bob Gough as Head of Business Development, Australia and Asia-Pacific, according to the company's press release. Based in Australia,...
China launches BeiDou-3 satellites, says 40 million BeiDou chips have been sold
On 25 August, at 7:52 am Beijing time (UTC+8), China launched a pair of BeiDou-3 satellites that will add to China’s GNSS constellation. These will be the country’s 35th and 36th...
Intelsat and APSATCOM sign agreement for maritime managed services in China
Intelsat today announced it has signed an agreement with APT Mobile Satcom Ltd. (APSATCOM) to deliver a global maritime network for APSATCOM’s customers in China.
Under the multi-year agreement with Intelsat, APSATCOM...
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