Nigeria and South Africa renewed their commitment to each other during the 10th Bi-national Commission (BNC) that was held in November 2021. They signed new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in youth development, women and child empowerment, and political consultation. They revie...

The 35th African Union (AU) Summit is scheduled for 5-6 February 2022. During the Summit, African Heads of States and Governments will deliberate and decide on several policies and programmes of the AU. As with past Summits, it is expected that the Assembly discuss the flagship p...

This study provides an analysis of the European space market. The market size and structure of the European space industry is considered, alongside the dynamics of the new space economy. The contribution of the EU space programmes to fostering the uptake of space data, and the ch...

It is about two decades since the relationship between the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) was redefined, with space cooperation as one of the areas for partnership. The renewed space cooperation has resulted in two main long-term space programmes, namely: Global Monit...

Special feature: From Socrates to modern science: New perspectives in European philosophy. It’s likely that most people go through their everyday lives without really considering the value of philosophy or how it continues to exert an influence on the way society functions. For t...

The European Commission (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC), in the frame of a scientific and technical support activity with the Satellite Navigation Unit of the EC Directorate General Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS) and the European GNSS Agency (GSA), has agreed to facilitate t...

The global navigation satellite system Galileo and the Copernicus Earth observation programme are flagships of the EU space policy. They provide valuable services that enable more accurate navigation and timing and deliver valuable data about the Earth. There is, however, no comp...

Another small step: A new age of solar system exploration. Whilst the dominant scientific concern at the beginning of the new decade has been the very much rooted-on-Earth pandemic, excitement and renewed commitment to space exploration may see the 2020s eventually remembered for...

The BiDS conference series is co-organised by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, and the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen). BiDS’21 emphasises not only on the insights that can be retrieved from Big Data from Space ...

Despite political and industrial divergences between EU member states, space will play an indispensable role in the Strategic Compass. Space is a strategic enabler that can enrich the EU’s approach to crisis management, resilience, capabilities and partnerships, and the Compass i...