Astroscale Ltd. has announced that the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the company to lead a collision avoidance study that’s part of the Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mitigation (CREAM) activities in ESA’s Space Safety Program. CREAM is designed to generate technologies for automated systems that can determine the likelihood of orbital collisions with […]
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Gen. James Dickinson, USSPACECOM Commander, Gives His Insights To The U.S. House + Senate Armed Services Committees
U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, appeared before the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees to provide his Fiscal Year 2023 Priorities and Posture in Washington, D.C., on March 1st and 8th. The USSPACECOM commander testified alongside U.S. Navy Adm. Charles Richard, U.S. Strategic Command commander, U.S. Air Force General Glen […]
Ukraine Conflict Increases Demand For Maritime Comms At A Time SATCOM Systems Are In Short Supply
Demand for maritime connectivity has escalated over the past week as seafarers clamor to call home, reports digital communications specialist IEC Telecom. The company advises that its usage figures for the past month show maritime comms traffic has risen by 30%, most of it over the previous seven days and attributable to extra calls to […]
New ESG Strategy + Targets For SES
SES S.A. has published their 2021 Annual Report which includes a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda and a set of ESG targets. The revised ESG strategy reflects the outcome of a comprehensive materiality assessment that was conducted during 2021, involving extensive stakeholder outreach. The SES Horizon strategy is where sustainable space meets sustainable […]
Scottish Space Sector Charts Path To A Sustainable Future
A specialist working group of Space Scotland is contributing to the development of a sustainable space sector by collaborating on a roadmap that will focus on environmental issues in one of Scotland’s fastest-growing industries. On behalf of the Space Scotland’s Environmental Task Force, AstroAgency and Optimat will work with Scottish companies, international collaborators and the […]
New Whitepaper Highlights Ground Segment’s Pivotal Role
The satellite industry is set for unprecedented transformation, with the impact of cloud-based systems, the introduction of next-generation NGSO broadband constellations, and convergence towards a unified 5G network architecture. However, ground segments will also have to play a pivotal role to allow the industry to fully embrace and benefit from these changes. While satellites have embarked on a […]
NASA Awards Northrop Grumman Mission Operations Center Support Contract
NASA has awarded the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) Mission Operations Center Support contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia. This is a cost-plus award-fee, contract that includes a nine-month base period and four one-year options with a total contract value of $33,348,387. The four-year, nine-month period of performance begins Monday, February […]
Spaceport Cornwall’s Sustainability Steering Group’s Impact Report And Action Plan
Spaceport Cornwall is set to deliver the first ever launch from the UK soil this summer, creating a service for small satellites in the UK. In the lead up to this historic moment, they are set to release their ‘Sustainability Impact Report and Action Plan’ — the first of its kind to be published by […]
The EUSPA Market Report Focuses On EU Satellite Navigation And Earth Observation Technologies
The followinng is a description of The EU Space Programme. The EU Space Programme is a business growth enabler that stimulates the economy and pushes the bar of innovation. The EUSPA EO & GNSS Market Report is the ultimate guide to anyone who seeks to make the EU Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation technologies part […]
Army’s Future Command’s 2021 Year in Review And New Webpage
The U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) released its 2021 Year in Review, launching a new webpage to highlight command-wide successes and lessons learned in 2021. The online Year in Review provides an interactive look at the command’s top modernization accomplishments during the year, which included opening the doors of its Army Software Factory, achieving breakthroughs in COVID-19 […]