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2 months ago | 
cigionline.org | Cassandra Steer
CIGI Paper No. 314 Existing space governance institutions and mechanisms are built on a twentieth-century reality, when states were the main actors and the main, if only, subjects of international law. While international space law and multilateral institutions are facing pressures in the twenty-first-century “spacescape,” they should not be disregarded or replaced entirely. The framework they provide is an important foundation.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Cassandra Steer
Commentary Shaping the rules of competition will ensure this space race is a peaceful one, says the deputy director at the Australian National University Institute for Space. CANBERRA: China has successfully returned samples from the dark side of the moon to Earth, a world first. China’s mission demonstrates that it is out ahead with its technologies, but it’s not alone in reaching for the moon. Russia is collaborating with China on the International Lunar Research Station.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
lowyinstitute.org | Cassandra Steer
China has successfully returned samples from the dark side of the Moon to Earth, a world first. China’s mission demonstrates that it is out ahead with its technologies, but it’s not alone in reaching for the Moon. Russia is collaborating with China on the International Lunar Research Station. India also successfully landed on the south pole of the Moon in March this year having developed a space program in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional space powers.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Cassandra Steer
Last week, the federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207 million commitment with the United States in support of “Landsat Next”. Aptly named, this is the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. The commitment means we will make a critical contribution to global Earth observation efforts with our cutting-edge data management.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Cassandra Steer |Elisabeth Marie
Aptly named, this is the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. The commitment means we will make a critical contribution to global Earth observation efforts with our cutting-edge data management. In essence, we will be the custodians of data downloaded from new Landsat satellites – a major role.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Cassandra Steer
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Cassandra Steer
Last week, the federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207 million commitment with the United States in support of “Landsat Next”. Aptly named, this is the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. The commitment means we will make a critical contribution to global Earth observation efforts with our cutting-edge data management.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
thetimes.com.au | Cassandra Steer
World Written by Cassandra Steer, Deputy Director, Institute for Space (InSpace), Australian National University Last week, the federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207 million commitment with the United States[1] in support of “Landsat Next”. Aptly named, this is the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years[2]. The commitment means we will make a critical contribution to global...
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
lowyinstitute.org | Cassandra Steer
Alarm was raised in the media this week about a “national security threat” to the United States from Russia, ostensibly a nuclear space-based weapon. The news came after the Republican chair of the US House of Representatives intelligence committee, Mike Turner, unusually went public with an allegation based on classified intelligence that had not yet been properly discussed across the National Security briefing channels.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
lowyinstitute.org | Cassandra Steer
Military operations and warfare on land, at sea, in the air and even in cyberspace are highly dependent on space technologies. Since the 1960s, satellites have been a key part of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) for many countries, and in particular for nuclear early warning systems for the Soviets and the United States. Today, there is hardly a military operation that could be undertaken without satellite-based communications, navigation, weapons guidance, and ISR.
