Goonhilly joins 67-member consortium to back Australia’s SmartSat CRC initiative
UK-based company Goonhilly Earth Station has joined Airbus, BAE, Harris, Thales, and others, in forming a consortium to back Australia’s proposed SmartSat CRC (Co-operative Research Centre) that now totals 68 members.
SmartSat...
ISRO’s 2019-20 budget increases by 15.6% to US$1.88b
The Indian government has publicly released the budget for ISRO, the nation's space agency, for the year 2019-2020.
For the coming year, ISRO's budget will increase by 15.6% to ₹12,473 crore...
ExPace’s Kuaizhou-1A launches 5G satellite
Today, Chinese rocket manufacturer launched its solid-fuel vehicle Kuaizhou-1A, carrying with it Yinhe-1 a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communication satellite for China's GalaxySpace. The launch took place at Jiuquan Satellite Launch...
Nanoracks & Japan’s GITAI to perform technical demonstration of a robot in ISS airlock
In 2021, space robotics start-up GITAI, in collaboration with Nanoracks, will conduct a technical demonstration of a GITAI robot executing versatile tasks inside the Nanoracks’ Bishop Airlock Module installed on Node...
Australia commits $31.3 million to gravitational waves research centre
Australia's Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham, has opened the Australian Research Council’s $31.3 million Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery at the Swinburne University of Technology, according to...
India launches Cartosat-2F and 30 other satellites
Today, at 9.29 a.m IST (+5:30 GMT), India’s space agency ISRO launched its Cartosat-2F satellite, along with 30 other co-passenger satellites, in its first launch of 2018.
The launch took place at...
China to launch BSUSat-1, Belarusian State University’s first satellite
On February 7, China and Belarus signed an agreement for the launch of the Belarusian State University's BSUSat-1. The satellite is scheduled to be launched in October 2018.
The agreement took place...
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...
mu Space corp obtains satellite spectrum capacity rights to serve 6 ASEAN countries
Satellite and space company mu Space will soon be offering satellite services to governments, telcos and businesses within and outside Thailand through the future development of a satellite operating at the...
ISRO discloses 2015-2018 revenues and expenditures
On 25 July 2018, Dr Jitendra Singh, India’s Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Space, disclosed the revenues and expenditures of India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research...
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