Indonesia’s Space Agency, LAPAN, Collaborates with TU Berlin to Improve Rocket Technology
From 23-24 February 2017, members Indonesia’s Space Agency, LAPAN, worked with a team from the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) to share know-how on how to improve the country’s experimental...
India’s Lost Lunar Probe, Chandrayaan-1, Found After 7 Years by NASA Radar
Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar probe launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2008, has been found after having lost contact with Earth on 29 August 2009.
Yesterday, NASA announced that...
JAXA co-develops sensing system to monitor space contamination
JAXA and Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd have codeveloped a new sensing system to monitor outgases emitted from components and materials of spacecraft.
Known as Twin QCM, the system is new, world-first...
Using Satellite Data to Track Volcanic Emissions
A team led by researchers from Michigan State University has published a study on volcanic sulfur dioxide emissions, based on satellite data provided by NASA’s Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory.
The data...
Airbus To Expand SpaceDataHighway Network Coverage to the Asia-Pacific Region by 2020
Airbus Defence and Space has announced that it will expand its SpaceDataHighway data transmission service to reach Asia-Pacific by the year 2020.
This will be achieved by adding a third communications node,...
Kymeta and Sky Perfect JSAT Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
Sky Perfect JSAT, Asia’s largest satellite operator, has signed a strategic partnership with Kymeta, a company which develops satellite antenna technology, to provide new satellite communications technology to the Japanese market.
The...
IIT-Kanpur and University of Leicester Partner to Assess Indo-Gangetic Plain Climate
The Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) in Uttar Pradesh will partner with the University of Leicester to assess climate and greenhouse-gas emissions on the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP).
Using data gathered...