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ESA Startup competition: next steps
May 13, 2020 (ESA)
ESA is looking for ways to provide support to startups in their valuable role in the space industrial ecosystem. ESA's Startup competition offers the winning en...
Airbus supplies EU with satellite communications
May 13, 2020 (SPX)
"With this satellite communications programme, Airbus contributes to the construction of joint capabilities for European defence and to its missions to preserve...
Inmarsat launches solution for the rail industry
May 11, 2020 (SPX)
Railways are more critical than ever in supporting the global movement of goods in remote areas. However; there are many challenges facing today's railway opera...
Building satellites amid COVID-19
May 05, 2020 (ESA)
For example, with liftoff still scheduled for the end of this year, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is currently being tested to ensure tha...
ThinKom completes Antenna Interoperability Demonstrations on Ku-Band LEO constellation
May 04, 2020 (SPX)
The tests took place during the first quarter of 2020, using commercially available airborne-certified hardware, including a ThinKom Ku3030 phased-array antenna...
SpaceX develops new sunshade to make Starlink satellites less visible from Earth
Apr 30, 2020 (UPI)
The effort to make the satellites less visible is intended to placate astronomers, who have noted that Starlink's brightness can interrupt scientific observatio...
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
The aim of the ACS3 mission is to replace conventional rocket propellants by developing and testing solar sails using sunlight beams to thrust the nanosatellite...
Infostellar has raised a total of $3.5M in convertible bonds
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
Infostellar is continuing to raise additional funds, and this round is scheduled to be closed by June 2020. Since the last funding round in July 2017, Infostell...
Momentus selected as launch provider for Swarm
Apr 23, 2020 (SPX)
The agreement includes a first launch onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission in December 2020, with additional launches to be scheduled over the 2021-202...
SpaceX plans Wednesday Starlink satellite launch from Florida
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
The Falcon 9 rocket is prepared for lift off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The planned launch has an hourlong period for same-day delays, acc...
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from Florida
Apr 22, 2020 (UPI)
It was the seventh such launch for SpaceX's communications satellite network, which is the largest constellation in history. The company has launched 422 of the...
US wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?
Apr 21, 2020 (The Conversation)
On April 6, the US White House released an executive order that Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resour...
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group prepares to launch their first satellite Golden Bauhinia
Apr 07, 2020 (SPX)
The rapid development of international commercial aerospace makes it one of the most dynamic industries after the Internet, AI and 5G. According to the US Satel...
OneWeb goes bankrupt
Apr 07, 2020 (SPX)
OneWeb suddenly declared bankruptcy on March 27, 2020 and has laid off most of its employees. The company is maintaining its satellite operations center for the...
NewSpace Philosophies: Who, How, What?
Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)
Max Polyakov, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk are constantly investing money and resources into space exploration. They each espouse a different ideology and purpose - fr...
Trump issues Executive Order supporting Space Resources utlization
Apr 06, 2020 (SPX)
"As America prepares to return humans to the Moon and journey on to Mars, this Executive Order establishes U.S. policy toward the recovery and use of space reso...
Space missions return to science
Apr 03, 2020 (ESA)
We spoke to Paolo Ferri, Head of Mission Operations at ESA's mission control centre in Germany, and Markus Kissler-Patig, Head of Science and Operations at the ...
China to launch communication satellite for Indonesia
Apr 02, 2020 (XNA)
The satellite was developed under a contract signed between the China Great Wall Industry Corp. under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) an...
OneWeb files for bankruptcy over financial squeeze
Mar 27, 2020 (Sputnik)
"OneWeb announced Friday that the Company and certain of its controlled affiliates have voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in ...
Venezuelan communications satellite out of service
Mar 26, 2020 (AFP)
"Due to a failure, the Simon Bolivar satellite is no longer working for communication," said the science and technology minister in a statement, without giving ...
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