Government Space Acquisition To Acquire Intelligent Discourse
U.S. Government spending on space accounts for one-quarter of the $251 billion global space economy.
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Da, Double The Budget, Spasiba…
Itar-Tass, the Russian News Agency, is reporting the country's Federal Space Agency has requested their budget be doubled to finance GLONASS.
Read MoreAIA Wants Political Candidates To “Listen Up”
The Aerospace Industries Association has asked the 2008 political candidates to endorse 10 substantial issues the organization feels are crucial to the strength of U.S. global leadership in aerospace and defense.
Read MoreNew DoD Directive Gives And Takes Away…
The civilian sector, rather than the U.S. Air Force, will now be the driver of of government policy when it comes to the joint military and civilian control of GPS, as seems to be indicated within a new Department of Defense (DoD) directive.
Read MoreMahmoud Mentions More Motile Moves
Two additional research rockets will be launched by Iran prior to the country's first domestically built "research" satellite is in orbit.
Read More“Surprise” Chinese Sat Launch
The Chinese’ Xinhua news service is reporting the launch of a new, remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center which is located in northern China in the Shanxi Province. In a Rui C. Barbosa bylined article at the NASA website, the launch occurred yesterday (Monday, 22:48 UTC Sunday night) in the early morning hours.
Read MoreTelecom Satellite Work For India To Proceed
The Telecom Commission (TEC) has approved the Department of Telecom (ToC) to start work on a independent, dedicated satellite that will provide telecom services. The probable winner of this award will be the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as the ToC continues to work out the more minute details of satellite development.
Read MoreESA GMES Program’s Phase-2 Premise & Promise
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Member States participating in the GMES Program approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space Component Program. GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is an EU-led initiative aimed at implementing information services dealing with environment and security.
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