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Canadian space sector representatives visit Britain

Air March 4, 2020

Representatives from the Canadian space sector have arrived in Britain to explore opportunities within the UK Space Agency. A delegation of Canadian space sector representatives will visit the Harwell Space Cluster in Oxfordshire as well as facilities in Glasgow and Surrey Research Park. The visit, led by the High Commission of ...

Strategic Command vision explained during first RUSI Conference

Land February 24, 2020

Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey explained the government’s vision for Strategic Command at the first RUSI Conference. James Heappey, new Minister for the Armed Forces, outlined the vision for Strategic Command during his speech at the RUSI Conference (Royal United Service Institute) in London. The minister also outlined how ...

ESA recieves first measurements sent from Solar Orbiter instrument

Air February 20, 2020

The first measurements have been received from the ESA Solar Orbiter instrument which was launched earlier this month. The Solar Orbiter instrument has sent data to ground control at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. The instrument recorded data before, during and after the boom’s deployment, allowing the scientists ...

Censornet criticises cosmetic business data leak

Homeland February 19, 2020

Censornet has released a statement criticising the cosmetic firm Estée Lauder after a data leak saw 440,000,000 records posted online. Cybersecurity firm Security Discovery first reported the data leak after finding the records posted online. They found: 440,336,852 logs and records that should not have been publicly exposed online. ‘User’ emails in plain ...