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Aarti Holla-Maini has been named the new director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), according to an announcement made by the UN on Monday. Holla-Maini, a resident of the United Kingdom, is an expert in...
Tom Stroup, President of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), testified before Congress on Wednesday, calling for funding and grants to support satellite broadband and IoT projects focused on serving rural areas. Speaking to the House Committee on Agriculture, Stroup...
The European Union (EU) has awarded contracts worth €5m each to nine startups to provide additional data to the Copernicus project, the world's largest Earth observation programme. The awards are part of a new procurement method called the "dynamic...
Space technology eliminates odours, bacteria, viruses and pollen on textiles.
Odours have a direct influence on our mood. They can create both positive and negative feelings and, above all, contribute to making us feel good. Conversely, unpleasant odours such as...
NASA has announced that it has signed unfunded Space Act agreements with seven companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman, on projects related to human spaceflight and the commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) economy. The agreements are part...
Sweden and Colombia have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on joint space activities, with the aim of strengthening Colombia's national space program. The collaboration was announced on June 16th and will see the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)...
Luxembourg's Parliament has approved a €195m ($213m) funding programme for the country to acquire services from SES's O3b mPOWER for 10 years. The Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Global Services (MGS) programme will give Luxembourg and NATO partners access to...
The US Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions under the fiscal 2023 NSSL Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement contract. Each provider will launch six...
SES Space & Defense, a subsidiary of SES, has announced a new agreement to provide satellite-powered network connectivity to Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Modular Data Center serving the US Department of Defense. The partnership will allow AWS to offer...
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has announced the renaming of its low-earth orbit satellite constellation as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The move comes as Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $64m contract to develop, implement and...
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