Commercial business on board the International Space Station
We live in an exciting and interesting Space era, in which the National Agencies keep developing their assets, technologies and strategies, while the increased interest from the private sector is helping change the landscape, in particular in the space exploration area.
The 70th IAC in the eyes of the SGAC Office
For us at SGAC, the International Astronautical Congress is not just a conference, it's a 10-day long marathon with a battle plan. Clémentine Decoopman, SGAC Executive Director, reveals the behind-the-scene of what the SpaceGen folks do the prior to and during the IAC.
Looking back and getting ready
As the only event of its kind, the Space Generation Congress offers the next generation of space leaders the opportunity to network and to examine critical questions that are facing the space and international community at large. Davide Petrillo looks back at the SGC2019 and sets the way forward to SGC2020, later this year in Dubai.
Space Generation Gets a Boost
Mentoring brings people closer to their dreams - Shayna Hume, co-lead for SGAC’s new Mentorship Initiative, shares her view on how we can help each other strive for success
SGAC ha sido crucial para allanar el camino para la nueva generación – An interview with Victoria Alonsoperez
Me encantó mi tiempo en SGAC, creo que fue una gran experiencia para mí. Comencé como Punto Nacional de Contacto de Uruguay, luego fui Coordinadora Regional para América del Sur, luego co-chair y luego miembro asesor, por lo que ha sido excelente. Para mí, SGAC ha sido una organización que me abrió tantas puertas. Recuerdo la primera vez que conocí SGAC, fue en 2009, cuando obtuve la beca para jóven de la IAF, que ahora se conoce como el Emerging Space Leader Award, así que obtuve la beca y pude ir a Corea del Sur, parte de la beca era ser parte del Space Generation Congress, del que nunca escuché en mi vida, pero desde el segundo que llegué a SGAC fue como un sueño hecho realidad.
“Crea en lo que está haciendo y siga intentándolo” – An interview with Oscar Ojeda
"Las cosas que valen la pena, no serán fáciles, y siempre hay que seguir intentándolo", dice el Coordinador Regional de Sudamérica sobre la lección más importante que ha aprendido hasta ahora.
Looking Back: SG[France]
The first SG[France], organized by members of the SGAC community in collaboration with the French Space Agency CNES, was held in Paris on June 16th 2019. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the multiplication of Moon projects in recent years, the theme of the event was "Moon for @ll".
Op’Ed: Thoughts on UN COPUOS
How do we govern space? This is a difficult question. It cuts across technological, policy, and legal considerations, across country borders and generations. Furthermore, as a global commons, it is in the interest of almost all countries to ensure that the benefits of space can be shared equally among nations; essential to this idea is ensuring peace in space.
Op’Ed: From Sustainable Development Goals to Space Sustainability Goals
In diplomatic circles more than ever before we talk about an increasingly congested, contested and competitive nature of a strategic space environment. At the same time the dependence from, and reliance, on space technologies and derived services is growing exponentially. This calls for global solutions to space sustainability challenges that we encounter nowadays and that can endanger safe conduct of space operations in the future.
Earth Observation: A Downstream Market Perspective
The privatization of the space industry has led to the rise of multidisciplinary applications in various industries. This move can be considered as one of the strongest driving forces behind the peaceful utilization of space resources. There are many different applications of EO that are providing valuable inputs for various industrial verticals such as agriculture, disaster management, weather forecasting, national security, etc. These applications have one thing in common, which is the use of satellite imagery to extract valuable terrestrial data. Further, tailored services are developed from these satellite imagery, and distributed as per the needs of the industry.
