Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its latest radar imaging satellite (RISAT), the RISAT-2BR1, by the end of next month. The update comes through an IANS report, which cites unnamed sources within ISRO...
Monday, April 29th, 2019
Synspective and Arianespace have signed a contract to launch the satellite StriX-a, Synspective's first SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator satellite. On April 18, 2019, Arianespace announced the signing of a launch service contract with Synspective for the...
Monday, April 29th, 2019
BEIJING - China's national space agency said on Tuesday it will soon announce rules to regulate commercial rocket manufacturing, test flights and launches, state media reported, as the number of private startups in the nascent sector surged...
Monday, April 29th, 2019
WARSAW, Poland — Polish space industry startup KP Labs has awarded an order to Scottish cubesat manufacturer Clyde Space which will act as a subcontractor for the company’s Intuition-1 project. The cuboid-shaped 6U-class cubesat is to be the...
Monday, April 29th, 2019
Italy’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite launched aboard Arianespace’s Vega rocket Thursday. Vega lifted off from its launch pad at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana, at 22:50:35 local time (01:50 UTC on Friday). Read More...
Monday, April 29th, 2019
BEIJING - Two Chinese Earth observation satellites, the Gaofen-5 and Gaofen-6, were officially put into service on Thursday after completing in-orbit tests. Read More at Xinhua
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
The Indian Cabinet has approved the fourth phase of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) continuation programme, which will enable the launch of satellites for geo-imaging, navigation, data relay communication, and space sciences. Read More at Open...
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
AMSTERDAM - Lt. General (Retd) Dr. Khalifa Al Romaithi was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Geospatial World Forum 2019 recently held in Amsterdam. According to Geospatial World, Al Romaithi has been instrumental in advancing the...
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
China successfully launched a new navigation satellite on Saturday. The launch – later noted to be Beidou-3I1Q (IGSO-1) – took place from the LC3 Launch Complex of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, using a Long...
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
MOSCOW - Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is also the board chairman of the Saudi Space Committee, met with the head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos in Moscow to discuss cooperation...
