Airbus, Leonardo, join Australia’s satellite research consortium
On 27 February, Airbus and Leonardo Australia joined the government's SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (Smartsat CRC), which officially opened the week before last.
SmartSat CRC is a consortium of universities, research organisations...
Thales Alenia Space signs contracts for South Korea’s military radar constellation
Yesterday, Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed contracts to provide components and technological know-how for four radar satellites to be developed for South Korea’s Agency for Defence Development (ADD),...
Thailand’s mu Space Corp picks Blue Origin as launch partner
Yet another agreement involving a NewSpace startup has been signed at this year’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, following announcements by Fleet, Saber Astronautics, and satsearch.co.
mu Space Corp, a startup...
Inmarsat, AddValue sign agreement on Inter-Satellite Data Relay System
An agreement has been signed by Inmarsat and Singapore-based flight hardware manufacturer AddValue, together with a "leading satellite operator", to streamline the way satellite operators conduct their commercial and research operations...
ChinaSAT 9A successfully placed in its correct orbit
The ChinaSAT 9A communications satellite has successfully entered its designated orbit independently, according to reports from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
On 19 June 2017, according to an earlier report...
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...
Thaicom and Bangladesh sign contract for Bangabandhu-1 business development
Thaicom, Thailand’s largest satellite operator, has signed a consulting contract with a new government-owned Bangladeshi satellite operator, Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL).
The contract is a multi-year consultancy service agreement, in...
Insights into ISRO’s launches and missions of 2019
India’s
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has ended the year 2019 with a successful
launch of the RISAT-2BR1 satellite. During this PSLV-C 48 mission nine foreign
satellites were also launched under a commercial arrangement with...
China launches 7th & 8th BeiDou-3M satellites
Last night, at 1:56 am Beijing time (UTC +8), China launched a pair of BeiDou-3 satellites that will add to China’s BeiDou-3 navigation constellation. These will be China’s 30th and 31st...
Australia to invest AU$260 million in GPS tech
The Turnbull Government is investing in the global positioning system (GPS) technology "that will create jobs and support Australian industry", according to a press release from the office of Minister for Resources...