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Myanmar joins band of Asian nations launching satellites
Jul 24, 2020 (AFP)
The future "super constellation" of micro-satellites from nine Asian countries will track typhoons, seismic activity and water flows, as well as provide data on...
British defense ministry, Airbus finalize $628.5M contract for Skynet upgrade
Jul 20, 2020 (UPI)
The contract, signed on Sunday, calls for launch and ground support of the latest Skynet 6A telecommunications satellite, which is regarded as an improvement of...
Airbus expands its SpaceDataHighway with second satellite
Jul 16, 2020 (SPX)
EDRS-C doubles transmission capacity and the constellation is now able to relay the data from two observation satellites simultaneously. It further strengthens ...
Satellite for US Air Force launched as part of L3Harris' Responsive Constellation Contract
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
As the prime contractor for the firm fixed-price development space mission, L3Harris is designing, developing, building, testing and deploying the satellites. T...
Columbus gets a new European science rack
Jul 13, 2020 (ESA)
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley (imaged above) manoeuvred the fridge-sized European Drawer Rack Mark 2(EDR2) to its new position. EDR2 is designed t...
China launches new commercial telecommunication satellite
Jul 13, 2020 (XNA)
The APSTAR-6D telecommunication satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 8:11 pm (Beijing Time), according to the center. The satellite was d...
SpaceX delays launch of mini-satellites
Jul 11, 2020 (AFP)
The company tweeted that it was postponing the 10th Starlink mission "to allow more time for checkouts." It said it was working to identify a new launch window....
SpaceX delays Starlink launch again due to weather
Jul 08, 2020 (UPI)
A backup launch attempt had been planned for Thursday, but SpaceX will now aim for Saturday. The Falcon 9 rocket had been scheduled for liftoff at 11:59 a.m. fr...
New satellite constellation to boost Australia's national security capability amid rising tensions
Jul 07, 2020 (SPX)
The announcement comes amid rising global tensions, with the Australian Prime Minister last week announcing a $1.35 billion response to a major cyber-attack tar...
ESA Startup competition announces four winners
Jul 07, 2020 (ESA)
In a session led by Eric Morel de Westgaver, ESA Director of Industry, Procurement and Legal Services, each startup outlined their proposal and answered questio...
UK, Indian firm salvage satellite operator Oneweb
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
Britain and Bharti will each invest $500 million into Oneweb, the government said in a statement after it quit the European Union's Galileo satellite programme ...
Latest satellites give stargazers a new sky view
Jul 02, 2020 (UPI)
SpaceX's Starlink satellites show up in the night sky for short periods like a glowing chain of stars. They are especially visible in the days after a launch --...
Airbus signs contract with Optus for OneSat
Jul 02, 2020 (SPX)
Airbus will deliver an end-to-end solution, including design and manufacture of the Optus 11 spacecraft, as well as an advanced digital suite to manage the digi...
India's private space sector an unknown quantity
Jul 01, 2020 (IANS)
"Nobody knows what the country''s space sector''s share in India''s GDP. Nobody has any clue about the number of jobs the space sector creates in a year. One ne...
US May Freeze OneWeb Sale in Blow to UK Hopes for Own Sat-Nav System
Jun 30, 2020 (Sputnik)
The United States has warned that it may block the sale of OneWeb to foreign investors over national security concerns in a particular blow to the satellite-hun...
UK space hub gets go ahead
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
"The Highland Council's approval of the spaceport is a landmark in the history of spaceflight in Europe and will place the community around Tongue, Melness and ...
NOAA funds ASTRA study to define future weather satellite constellation
Jun 25, 2020 (SPX)
Part of NOAA's initiative to advance the capability of its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R satellite series, the agency seeks next-generatio...
India ends monopoly of ISRO with new entity to facilitate private players
Jun 25, 2020 (Sputnik)
India's federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a new entity named the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) to provide a l...
SpaceX launch Friday would boost Starlink network to nearly 600
Jun 25, 2020 (UPI)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 57 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 4:18 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The flight a...
NASA moving forward to enable a low-earth orbit economy
Jun 23, 2020 (SPX)
The new policy includes activities that can be as simple as a product pictured in space for use in marketing materials or a company flying and returning commemo...
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