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Access Alert: What Trump’s 2024 victory means for tech and trade

The election of Donald Trump as the 47th US President portends change in US technology and digital policy. Artificial Intelligence...

8 Nov 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: What Trump’s 2024 victory means for tech and trade
Access Alert: Saudi Arabia – Pioneering Sustainable Space Endeavours

Access Alert: Saudi Arabia – Pioneering Sustainable Space Endeavours

In an effort to showcase its focus on sustainable space exploration and utilisation, Saudi Arabia hosted the Space Debris Conference...

1 Mar 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Cyprus Enacts National Space Legislation

Access Alert: Cyprus Enacts National Space Legislation

The Republic of Cyprus has now joined the club of countries having national space legislation as it recently enacted Law...

12 Jan 2024 Opinion
Navigating the Future: Deciphering the multilayered impacts of EU Space Week and the ESA Space Summit 2023 on European space governance

Navigating the Future: Deciphering the multilayered impacts of EU Space Week and the ESA Space Summit 2023 on European space governance

Introduction The upcoming EU Space Week from 7-9 November 2023 and the associated ESA Space Summit on European Space Governance...

6 Nov 2023 Opinion
Access Alert: The rescue of Voyager II and the future of space debris

Access Alert: The rescue of Voyager II and the future of space debris

During the Cold War, the space race produced some of the greatest discoveries and achievements in the history of aerospace...

30 Oct 2023 Opinion
Access Alert: UK Space Agency launches consultation on liability compensation thresholds for space operators

Access Alert: UK Space Agency launches consultation on liability compensation thresholds for space operators

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite into space. Four years later, Russian astronaut Yuri...

17 Oct 2023 Opinion
Access Alert: European Commission opens targeted consultation on the EU Space Law

Access Alert: European Commission opens targeted consultation on the EU Space Law

The European Commission has just opened a targeted consultation on the EU Space Law, which will legislate on safety, resilience,...

29 Sep 2023 Opinion
Access Alert: Azerbaijan Enacts National Space Legislation

Access Alert: Azerbaijan Enacts National Space Legislation

The body of law governing space-related activities, also called “Space Law”, was until recently primarily made up of five international...

28 Sep 2023 Opinion
Access Alert: Exploring new frontiers of space policy, regulation, and sustainability – India’s historic Moon landing with Chandrayaan 3

Access Alert: Exploring new frontiers of space policy, regulation, and sustainability – India’s historic Moon landing with Chandrayaan 3

On 23 August 2023, at 18:02 IST, history was made as the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft successfully landed on the South...

30 Aug 2023 Opinion
The African space industry is open for business! Is Africa really open for business?

The African space industry is open for business! Is Africa really open for business?

In the last few years, Africa has witnessed an unprecedented acceleration in tech products and services hinged on the outer...

12 Jun 2023 Opinion
Key Takeaways from the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference

Key Takeaways from the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference

Access Partnership’s analyst Xiaoya Sun attended the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference which took place from 26-28 April 2023 in...

9 May 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | Slovenia seeks stakeholder opinions on Space Strategy 2030

Access Alert | Slovenia seeks stakeholder opinions on Space Strategy 2030

Slovenia has been contributing to the space industry for over 100 years, from Jozef Stefan’s research into black body radiation...

4 May 2023 Opinion
Driving Space Sustainability: Encouraging the engagement of the private sector on international dialogue

Driving Space Sustainability: Encouraging the engagement of the private sector on international dialogue

The space ecosystem is growing exponentially: more launchers and more satellites enter orbit every year, with increased concerns around space...

27 Apr 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | Space Agency Budgets: Aiming for the Stars

Access Alert | Space Agency Budgets: Aiming for the Stars

News about space investment is now mushrooming in both specialised and non-specialised media about the space industry. Recently, the US...

13 Apr 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | New foreign satellite system registry launched in Saudi Arabia

Access Alert | New foreign satellite system registry launched in Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recognised the importance that the space and satellite sector has for its country and...

5 Apr 2023 Opinion
Access Alert | FCC plans New Regulatory Framework for Mobile-Satellite Single Network

Access Alert | FCC plans New Regulatory Framework for Mobile-Satellite Single Network

The US Federal Telecommunications Commission (FCC) has started the first regulatory initiative on Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS), facilitating the...

24 Feb 2023 Opinion