Tag: Space

Changing Indian space policy landscape (Ashok G. V., ORF)

The last few days have been quite momentous in the history of the Indian space policy landscape. The appointment of Pawan Kumar Goenka, the...

Crowded outer space: Can a global Space Traffic Management (STM) be a reality? (Moriba Kemessia Jah, ORF)

Near-Earth orbital space is a complex system and a finite resource that is geopolitically and commercially contested, and is in dire need of environmental...

Air Force research lab signs agreement with ‘gas-stations-in-space’ company (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Air Force Research Laboratory signed a research agreement with a company pioneering orbital refueling stations for spacecraft, signaling the military’s interest in using...

Space Perspective raises $40 million for stratospheric ballooning system (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Space Perspective, a company developing a stratospheric ballooning system intended to give people views like those from space, has raised $40 million to fund...

The Great Unknowns of Space (John “Jay” Raymond, Peter W. Singer, New America)

Whether it’s UFOs, military weaponry in space, or just too-close-for-comfort encounters between satellites, the frontiers of space can spark imaginations and heighten our fear...

Only around 1 in 5 space industry workers are women (UN News)

To highlight this and other issues surrounding the push for gender equality, Women in Space, has been chosen as the theme for this year’s World Space Week, which began on Monday. The...

First Copernicus satellite exceeds design working life (ESA)

This week marks seven years since the very first satellite that ESA built for the European Union’s Copernicus programme started delivering data to monitor...

The Quad Commits to Regulating Space (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

The first in-person summit of the leaders of the Quad group of countries, comprising of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, met in...

Space Force awards $88 million in contracts for launch system prototyping (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Space Force issued four awards worth a combined $88 million as an investment in next-generation rocket capabilities, Space Systems Command announced Sept. 24. Space...

New UK space strategy sets the stage for defense investments (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

Britain gave a broad view of where the country is heading in the defense space sector as it launched a national space strategy Sept....

Microgravity on demand with Earth return through ESA’s Boost! (ESA)

A new six-month round-trip commercial space transportation service from 2022, backed by ESA, will enable companies to manufacture in space very pure and more...

Going hyperspectral for CHIME (ESA)

With Covid restrictions a little more relaxed, scientists from Europe and the USA were finally able to team up for a long-awaited field experiment...

Terran Orbital acquires new satellite development facility (Debra Winter, Space News)

Terran Orbital leased four floors of this Irvine, California, building to house satellite design, engineering and development. Credit: Terran Orbital Terran Orbital, the parent company...

Space Force discussions with private sector on future space architecture to remain classified (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

 The first briefing with space and defense contractors planned by the Space Force’s Warfighting Analysis Center Oct. 27 will be at a classified facility in the...

Xona Space Systems fully funds GPS-alternative demo mission (Jason Rainbow, Space News)

Xona’s constellation of smallsats aim to provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy needed to enable modern devices to operate...

GAO steps up criticism of Space Force’s missile-warning satellite procurement (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

Current (left) and planned (right) missile warning architecture. Credit: Government Accountability Office The U.S. Space Force is providing Congress overly optimistic projections about the schedule...