September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... and human resources. Iran also belongs to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS+ (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and subsequent newcomers) which promote space cooperation for the global south and...
19 October 2016
Success for TGO orbit insertion and its looking good for Schiaparelli too
... surface is also reported as hopefully being successful. Scientists using the the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in India and a fleet of NASA and ESA orbiters around Mars have all been listening keenly to Schiaparelli’s on-board...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
.... Last, but certainly not least, SpaceIL (Israel), Moon Express (US), Synergy Moon (International), and Team Indus (India) will find out at the end of this year, who will be the recipient of the $20 million Google Lunar...
17 July 2017
New company seeks to shake-up satellite launch industry
... of launches, while providing high frequency and scalable services from the U.S, to compete with other nations such as India, China, Russia and Europe who are racing to address current market needs. “Altogether, we made significant progress...
07 August 2017
Russia and China set to sign Moon exploration deal this autumn
... that Glavkosmos are hoping to seek deals with, as the agency looks to the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) with plans to create a unified system to remotely sense Earth. Glavkosmos is already in discussion...
02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
... 2 Infinity successfully launched its first rocket from the edge of space by hitching a ride on a balloon. Meanwhile India catapulted itself into the spaceflight history books by successfully launching 104 satellites on a single mission. It was also...
