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Spaceleaks daily: Mar 9, 2021
Worldwide:
- Quantum computing, networks, satellites, and lots more qubits: China reveals ambitious goals in five-year plan
- ESA incubator in Switzerland extends space hub mandate
- Challenge ONE, Tunisia first satellite will be launched on the nation’s Independence Day
Business:
- SpiderOak wins US Air Force SBIR contract for OrbitSecure
- Kleos Space to launch third satellite cluster in December
- Greenpro’s Communications Venture plans to launch its first test LEO satellite
- Satellite Startup Qiansheng raises fresh capital as space race intensifies
- AstroCom has big plans for government synthetic aperture radar satellite imaging
- Intellian signs contract with OneWeb for user terminals
- exactEarth to provide Advanced AIS services for MDA’s Dark Vessel Detection Program
- Space Force planning for a future of smaller, cheaper satellites
- TCarta awarded NOAA grant to enhance satellite derived bathymetry technology in Alaskan waters
- Sateliot prepares with Open Cosmos to launch its first Nanosatellite on 20 March
- ND SatCom secures major Asian defence projects in year-end high
Technology:
- SpaceX wants to connect its Starlink satellite internet network to moving vehicles
- Lockheed gets ready to demonstrate midsize satellite bus; Rick Ambrose quoted
- AmpliTech Group, Inc. introduces new ultra-low noise amplifiers for small satellites for 5G/6G and ground station SATCOM applications
- SDA & DARPA: June demos to prove optical sat link capability
- SpaceX reveals the grand extent of its starport plans in South Texas
Science:
- Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly enters safe mode
- China’s first atmospheric monitoring satellite set to be completed this year
Reports:
Education:
Law:
Industry experts fight over whether satellite tech should monopolize 12 GigaHertz band. The debate is whether satellite technologies in low-earth orbit require all of the 12 GHz band, or whether there is room for sharing the frequencies with other services such as mobile and video.
On politics, concerned New Zealanders and organisations have called on the Prime Minister to immediately suspend Rocket lab launches that include military payloads as these may breach the country’s nuclear-free legislation.
Lori Garver, former deputy administrator for NASA, has said the space agency should turn to SpaceX and the private sector for rockets rather than build its own.
This article in the space review puts the SpaceX-FAA dispute in context.
Finally, these are the highlights of the 4th African Space Generation Workshop.
