September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... popular revolutions in history, with millions involved across the political spectrum, and comparable in scale to those in France, Russia and China (in 1789, 1917 and 1949, respectively). Political turbulence followed and the universities closed ...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
.... Strategic outlook Despite having an annual civil space budget of just £475 million – less than a quarter of France’s – the UK remains a significant contributor to ESA’s exploration agenda. Its National Space Strategy, published in 2021, explicitly...
October 2025
Pioneering affordable and flexible access to near space
... technically viable alternative to in-orbit testing. B2Space launching a stratospheric balloon from the military airfield of León, France, in September 2024. High-Altitude Drop Testing Designed for validation of re-entry and recovery systems, which...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
... should be structured suggests that creation of a new international treaty-based agreement is considered unnecessary. In contrast, France’s higher defence studies institute has suggested three potentially suitable frameworks: space law; ‘tropospheric...
