Japan Unveils Second Michibiki Satellite to be Launched Late 2017
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has unveiled its second Michibiki satellite, which will be launched along with two other satellites from the Michibiki family later this year.
The Michibiki satellites, also known...
Crew of the Soyuz MS-04 Arrives at Baikonur In Preparation for Expedition 51 to...
Yesterday, NASA’s Jack Fischer and Roscosmos’ Fyodor Yurchikhin, the two crew members of Expedition 51 bound for the ISS, arrived at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, along with their backup crew, NASA’s Randolph Bresnik...
AsiaSat to Launch First Dedicated Myanmar Satellite Beam
AsiaSat, one of Asia’s largest satellite operators based in Hong Kong, will provide Myanmar with its first dedicated satellite beam this October when it launches AsiaSat-9, its 10th orbital satellite so...
Lockheed Martin Unveils New Software to Protect Space Assets
Lockheed Martin has just announced the release of its new proprietary software, Intelligent Space (iSpace), which is designed to protect satellites and other space assets by providing real-time updates and recommending...
ISRO Contracts out Satellite Manufacturing to Private Consortium for its Navigation Constellation
In a move to liberalize the Indian space sector, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has tasked a consortium led by private defence equipment supplier Alpha Design Technologies to manufacture two...
Post-Cyclone Debbie Flooding Continues to Affect Australia While it Heads towards New Zealand
Cyclone Debbie, the strongest tropical cyclone in Australia since 2015, has abated, leaving a trail of destruction and massive flooding across the Eastern Australia and Northern New Zealand.
GeoScience Australia has requested...
China to Develop At Least 10 BeiDou Satellite Stations in Sri Lanka
China’s Wuhan Optics Valley BeiDou plans to set up at least 10 Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) in Sri Lanka, as part of its efforts to expand its BeiDou Navigation Satellite...
Indonesia Reiterates Importance of Space Regulation at UN Meeting
Indonesia has reiterated the importance of space regulation at the 56th session of the Legal Subcommittee meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (LSC-UNCOPUOS), which...
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...
Making the Case for India’s National Space Policy: A Dialogue
In a recent panel discussion held by the Observer Research Foundation, experts from various sectors got together to discuss India’s need for a national space policy.
With representatives from government, law, academia,...
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Earth observation consortium EO-ALERT endorses Addvalue’s IDRS
Addvalue Innovation, a Singapore-listed mobile satellite communication company, received the endorsement of its Inter-satellite Data Relay Service (IDRS) from EO-ALERT, a European Union’s Horizon...
