EUMETSAT Welcomes Latvia As Newest Member State
Latvia has signed the accession agreement to become a full Member State of EUMETSAT.
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EUMETSAT Completes 66th Council Meeting With Positive Results
EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 66th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, from December 9th through 10th.
Read MoreDAICHI Sat Brings JAXA + UNESCO Together For MOU
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) concluded a Memorandum of Unity (MOU) for cooperating in monitoring World Heritage Sites using the Advanced Land Observing Satellite "DAICHI" (ALOS) to watch and protect the common legacy of all mankind.
Read MoreNASA + Russian Space Agency Extend Relationship
NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012.
Read MoreCuba Receives Glonass Invitation From Russia
Igor Shchegolev, the Communications Minister of Russia, has invited Cuba to become a member of Glonass, the Russian equivalent of the U.S. GPS system.
Read MoreEuropean Space Council and EUMETSAT Establish Priorities
In attendance at the European Space Council in Brussels on September 26 was EUMETSAT Director-General, Dr. Lars Prahm, whose presence validated the importance of Europe's satellite applications services in operational meteorology. The Space Council set four new priorities for the European Space Policy: space and climate change, contribution of space to the Lisbon strategy, space and security, and space exploration.
Read MoreInternational Space Station Gets Nods of Approval
They met in Paris, they talked, and they agreed. The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies got together to discuss and review ISS cooperation.
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he Heads of the International Space Station (ISS) Agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the United States met at European Space Agency (ESA) Headquarters in Paris, France, on July 17, 2008, to review ISS cooperation.
Read MoreNASA + ESA Cooperation Cooperatively Combine Exploration Ruminations
Over the last 6 months, representatives from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, have been engaged in a detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the moon.
Read MoreISRO + CNES Agree On Megha Tropiques Use
During a meeting between of The Joint Working Group of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in Goa, an agreement between ISRO and CNES on the data policy for distribution of data received from Megha Tropiques was signed.
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