SINGAPORE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Singapore will launch its own space agency on April 1 as it bids to "fully harness the value and opportunities of the growing global space economy", the country's trade ministry announced on Monday.

Most people do not think about space in their daily lives. Yet it now underpins communications, navigation, finance, food security, climate insight and health.

The World Economic Forum predicts the global space economy to exceed $1.8 trillion by 2035, up from $613 billion in 2024.

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Quantum computing has moved from lab curiosity to a technology that could reshape how humanity plans its most ambitious journeys into deep space. Instead of relying solely on brute-force rockets and incremental propulsion tweaks, mission designers are ...

The National Space Agency of Singapore (NSAS) will sit under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, which said the agency will oversee the development and operation of Singapore’s space capabilities while also establishing legislation and regulations to support innovation, safety, and commercial growth in the sector.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next? The systems flying today are the result of years (or ...

NASA’s EMIT sensor uses imaging spectroscopy and spectral libraries to support large-scale tracking of plastic and other marine debris from space.