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In an important advancement for personal and commercial spaceflight, the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has received a license for vertical and horizontal launch from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
Read MoreDr. Ali R. Ebadi, MEASAT’s Senior Vice President of Space Systems Development, has been elected to be the Chairman of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (RRB).
Read MoreEUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 66th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, from December 9th through 10th.
Read MoreAnimals in space... that's Iran's next planned move for their Kavoshgar-2 two stage, solid fuel rocket.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreWith the phrase, "That's it. It's gone," Talgat Musabeyev, the head of Khrunichev, announced the total disappearance of the KazSat-1 satellite, which entered its orbital slot in June of 2006.
Read MoreThe domestic security forces of France have a desire for <=150 kg UAVs to aid them with their missions. A five month study has just been authorized by the French government to examine the legal ramifications of such UAV use.
Read MoreNASA 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 MoreYesterday we reported about one of the meetings the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted in The Hague, and another matter that was addressed was that outer space is swarming with a wide array of operational spacecraft, as well as littered with human-made hazardous space debris.
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has just announced the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted communications licenses for the two new MSV gateways in the U.S. that are being built to support the company’s nexgen integrated satellite-terrestrial communication network for North America.
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