All member states are politically committed to promoting more EU action on space, the French Presidency said after a two-day informal meeting of the bloc’s ministers for space.

On 21 – 22 July 2008 an informal meeting of European ministers for space affairs was held at the European Spaceport in Kourou. The event was organized by Valérie Pécresse, the French Minister for Higher Education and Research and its objective was to prepare the decisions to be made at the next Space Council, a joint meeting of EU competitiveness ministers and representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA) Member States, set to take place on 26 September 2008.

Germany’s first satellite-based reconnaissance system has been completed with the launch of the fifth SAR-Lupe satellite, OHB System said July 22.

KOUROU, French Guiana (AFP) — Four countries that joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 are knocking on the door of the European Space Agency (ESA), French Research Minister Valerie Pecresse said here on Tuesday. “A certain number of states have started to seriously contemplate joining the European Space Agency,” Pecresse told reporters after an

During each academic year, ISU organizes a three-day symposium as an interdisciplinary, international forum to help both the users and the providers of space-related systems move forward from the discussion of problems to the formulation of innovative solutions.

(Brandenburg an der Havel – July 21, 2008). With the launch of the RapidEye constellation of five earth observation satellites anticipated sometime in August 2008, RapidEye unveiles a contest today that would allow anyone worldwide an opportunity to name one or more of their satellites. The contest will benefit the local charitable organization Gollwitz Manor

Enfield, UK – Secureseal has signed a landmark agreement with Axonn, a US-based pioneer in global satellite tracking technology. The Enfield-based specialist in trailer security ,and management has been appointed as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Axonn’s AXTracker MMT and T3 with focus in the European Union (EU).

As part of the Agency’s user-driven approach to preparing new Earth Explorer missions to advance our understanding of the Earth system, six candidate missions will be presented to the science community at a User Consultation Meeting in January 2009.

WAYLAND, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that on May 15 and 16, 2008, more than 40 researchers, members of the GEO (Group on Earth Observations) Secretariat and representatives of the European Commission met at the GEO offices in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss concepts, ongoing activities, and requirements for future progress in the

The half-day conference “Regional Policy: Benefits from Satellite Information and Services” to be held in Brussels, on the morning of 11th September 2008, is the mid-term event of Eurisy’s 5-year programme supporting Local and Regional Authorities to improve their access to the benefits of space technology.

For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival.

EADS’s Astrium Services unit has acquired a majority stake in Spot Image in a move that promises to propel the company to the forefront of the international space imagery market.

Free ERDAS TITAN GeoHubs & critical infrastructure data enables U.S. federal, state, and local government emergency management teams to share real-time imagery and vector data

Mr. Daniel Vidal Madjar, Chief of the French InterMinisterial Task Force on GMES

ERDAS has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Spacebel to participate to the next phase of the Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility (HMA) project, called HMA-Testbed (HMA-T) phase 2.

The greatest benefit of space exploration might not be what it tells us about distant worlds, but what it teaches us about ourselves — our planet, our life, and the forces that shape them.