During the last session of the SATELLITE 2023 conference in Washington DC was the Space Sustainability Services panel. This saw representatives from Slingshot Aerospace, OneWeb, SpaceLogistics, Astroscale, and George Washington University, discuss the different...
After a disastrous time in office of less than two months, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss lost the support of the Conservative Party and has handed in her resignation. She is being replaced by Rishi Sunak, the man she beat in the previous Conservative Party leadership...
As Boris Johnson left Downing Street on his last day as UK Prime Minister he was keen to use his final speech to note his achievements. These included “getting Brexit done” after Theresa May’s failure to do so, the generally successful Covid-19...
Lord David Willetts has been formally appointed as Chairman of the UK Space Agency by the UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. The former MP and government minister will oversee the work of the agency, led by CEO Dr Paul Bate, as it attempts to pursue the goal of the...
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has contracted with SpaceX to conduct a mission at short notice to ensure a civilian/military SAR satellite is launched this year. The satellite in question is the second COSMO SkyMed Second Generation unit known as CSG-2. This mission...
The United Kingdom’s space conference held every two years was a more muted affair this year – pun intended – as it has been forced online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless there were some significant announcements to be had. While the...
