Via Esa – Feb 16, 2022 Together with Project Cyclotron, a joint venture between Cap Vista Ltd and Singapore Space & Technology Ltd. (SSTL), ESA Space Solutions organised a special Investor Forum. 13 innovators presented their ventures to a group of 30 European and Asian Investors. This collaboration is a first step towards facilitating access…
CNN Business, 15 Feb, 2022 New York (CNN Business) Jared Isaacman — the billionaire CEO of payments processing company Shift 4 — is buying three more flights with SpaceX, the first of which is scheduled for this year and could put Isaacman and SpaceX on track to travel deeper into space than any human has traveled…
Via Spacewatch, 21 Feb, 2022 Edinburgh – The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the University of Auckland joined up to conduct research on carbon fibre technology to be used for spacecraft as well as laser light data transmission, the University said. The projects are two of eight awarded a share of NZ $8 million by…
Via Sci Tech Daily, 18 Feb, 2022 Companies with technologies that may advance exploration but need a little extra push to finalize development have two new opportunities to partner with NASA to make it over the finish line. Through Tipping Point, NASA seeks to support space technologies that can foster the growth of commercial space capabilities and…
Channel News Asia, 9 Feb, 2022 SINGAPORE: Singapore is set to explore new frontiers in space by launching a microsatellite the size of a mini fridge. Led by the Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Satellite Research Centre, the “pioneering project” will see a 100kg remote sensing microsatellite launched into space. The project is a research collaboration…
Via Space News, 9 Feb, 2022 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Sateliot raised 10 million euros ($11.4 million) in a Series A investment round the Spanish internet-of-things startup conducted in two tranches. Sateliot raised 6.5 million euros in the first tranche of deals completed in December. At the SmallSat Symposium here, Sateliot executives said they concluded…
BBC, Dec 26, 2021 The $10bn James Webb telescope has left Earth on its mission to show the first stars to light up the Universe. The observatory was lifted skyward by an Ariane rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Its flight to orbit lasted just under half an hour, with a signal confirming…
Yahoo!Finance, Dec 23, 2021 SINGAPORE, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore Space & Technology Limited (SSTL) announces the second year of its partnership with the World Bank Group, to organize a Digital Earth Partnership Technology Challenge focused on the measurement and analysis of extreme urban heat. The challenge aims to improve our understanding of the Urban Heat…
space.com, Dec 22, 2021 The I-6 pair “are the largest and most sophisticated commercial communications satellites ever launched.” A huge, highly advanced commercial communications satellite just took to the skies. The Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite launched atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket on Wednesday (Dec. 22) from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center at 10:32 a.m. EST (1532 GMT). The 12,060-pound…
JapanToday, Dec 21, 2021 For the first time in 13 years, Japan’s space agency on Monday started recruiting new astronauts to carry out missions on the International Space Station and participate in a U.S.-led lunar exploration program. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency aims to finish the recruitment drive by February 2023, accepting applications through March…