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Canada to Invest in WGS
Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has announced Canada will join Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in investing in the United States Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) secure communications constellation. “Satellites enable military to rapidly communicate with military personnel, with our allies around the globe. They also allow us to forecast weather, better protect…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Co-Hosts Australian Embassy Event
The Space Foundation and Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley hosted a reception at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1 for 200 space leaders from government and industry who joined together in honor of the long space endeavor partnership between the United States and Australia. Representing the Space Foundation board of directors were Chairman…
Read MoreThe International Space University's 25th Space Studies Program soon to land on the Florida Space Coast
Strasbourg, France (Feb. 1, 2012) – The International Space University (ISU) selected the United States’ Florida Space Coast as a natural fit to convene its Space Studies Program as the US gateway to exploring, discovering and understanding our universe. There are only five months to go before the launch of the 25th annual Space Studies…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Selects 20 New Teacher Liaisons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 30, 2012) — The Space Foundation has selected 20 outstanding educators for its 2012 Flight of Teacher Liaisons and for the first time in the program’s ten-year history, an international teacher from India has been chosen for the elite program. Vandana Suryawanshi of Vidya Valley School in Maharashtra is a middle…
Read MoreSecretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley Visits Space Foundation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 27, 2012) — During his visit to Colorado this week with President Barack Obama, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley toured the new Space Foundation world headquarters in Colorado Springs with Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham. Included in tour were Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, vice commander, Air Force Space…
Read MoreVice Commander of Air Force Space Command is Cyber 1.2 Featured Speaker
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 26, 2012) — Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, USAF, vice commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., will discuss the strategic implications and the Air Force Space missions that relate to the cyber domain at the Space Foundation national conference Cyber 1.2, to be held Monday, April 16,…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Elects New Officers, Directors
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 25, 2012) — The board of directors of the Space Foundation held its annual meeting today, officially welcoming a new slate of officers and five new board members and recognizing six board member retirements. William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Ph.D., former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, retired from the Space…
Read MoreJean-Jacques Dordain re-elected as ISU's Chancellor
Strasbourg, France(Jan. 25, 2012) – Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA), has been re-elected by the Board of Trustees to act as Chancellor of the International Space University for a period of 3 years (ISU). Despite his busy professional life, Prof. Dordain has remained committed to education and to the next…
Read MoreThuraya Signs Service Partner Agreement with Africell Holding to Serve African Markets
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Jan. 23, 2012) – To embolden its distribution network in Africa, Thuraya, the leading international mobile satellite operator has signed a service partner agreement with Africell Holding (a subsidiary of Lintel Holding). Through this partnership, Africell, one of Africa’s most dynamic GSM operators, will be providing Thuraya’s data and voice…
Read MoreProvizion Optics is Newest Space Foundation Space Certification Program Partner
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 20, 2012) — The Space Foundation welcomes Provizion Optics as its newest Space Certification program partner and Space Foundation Corporate Patron. Provizion Optics’ Certified Space Technology invention has taken off – literally. Among the equipment assigned to the Space Shuttle Discovery was a retinal camera attachment created by Paul Filar, OD,…
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