bavAIRia e.V. and BHO Legal successfully held a Legal Symposium on “Legal and Economic Aspects for European space services and applications” The conference took place on the 18th and 19th February 2015 in the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, at the lakeside of the Starnberger See near Munich, Germany. Leading policy, legal ... Weiterlesen

On 15 February 2015, the U.S. White House has released a Presidential Memorandum “Promoting Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft”. The Memorandum realizes the rapid development and great potentials of UAS operations and includes orders for Federal Government use that take ... Weiterlesen

Today, the Council of the European Space Agency announced that Jan Woerner will succeed Jean-Jacques Dordain as the next Director General of ESA. He has been appointed for a period of four years starting on 1 July 2015. Mr Woerner is currently Chairman of the Executive Board of DLR, the ... Weiterlesen

Today, Alain Ratier, Director-General of EUMETSAT and Philippe Brunet, Director of Aerospace, Maritime, Security and Defence Industries within the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, signed the Agreement between the European Union and EUMETSAT on the implementation of the Copernicus Programme. Under the Agreement EUMETSAT will operate Sentinel -3, ... Weiterlesen

Today, Daniel Calleja Crespo, Director General of the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, and Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General, signed the milestone Agreement between the Commission and ESA on the implementation of Copernicus. Under the Agreement the European Commission has the overall responsibility for Copernicus, and will ... Weiterlesen

The third High Level Forum on UN Global Geospatial Information Management was convened in Beijing, China, from 22-24 October 2014. The 2014 High Level Forum was held under the auspices of the Secretariat of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), in collaboration with the ... Weiterlesen

Wer dachte, der Flug der „DHL Paketdrohne“ über den Rhein nahe der Konzernzentrale in Bonn sei nur ein kurzlebiger Marketinggag gewesen um Amazon nachzueifern, der wird spätestens heute eines anderen belehrt. Wie in der F.A.Z. vom 25. September berichtet, startet DHL diesen Freitag, am 26. September, den „Regelflugbetrieb“ zum Pakettransport ... Weiterlesen

On August 22, a Soyuz ST rocket lifted off with the first two satellites in the Galileo constellation. The liftoff and initial part of the mission proceeded successfully, which led to the release of the satellites according to the planned timetable. Nonetheless, after the separation of the satellites, the data ... Weiterlesen

An experimental version of the Falcon 9, used to test technologies for future reusable versions, was destroyed during a flight, on August 22. At the time, the vehicle was performing the latest in a series of test flights at the McGregor site, in Texas. In the official statement, SpaceX stated that ... Weiterlesen