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The Circularity Dataset Initiative launched in 2018 by the Ministry of the Economy of Luxembourg aims at developing an industry standard at European level that provides a regulated framework for circular data on products throughout the whole value chain, from raw materials to finished products, from the use phase to re-usage and recycling.

A Memorandum of Cooperation to further commit to strengthening cooperation in the field of space resources and innovation was signed today by Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister, Étienne Schneider, and ESA Director General, Jan Wörner.

In the presence of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, Luxinnovation, the national agency for the promotion of innovation, celebrated its 35th anniversary at the Athénée de Luxembourg.

In the margins of the New Space Europe Conference on 13 November 2019, Paulette Lenert, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs and Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed a funding agreement to support UNOOSA's new "Space Law for New Space Actors" project.

Representatives of DLR and LSA have signed a Letter of Intent to co-operate on space research activities with particular focus on areas such as navigation, satellite communications, space exploration and space resources, including robotics and in-orbit services.

In May 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Space between the Governments of the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg designated both NASA and LSA to exchange information about prospective collaboration.

On Thursday 3 October, more than 400 people attended the 9th edition of the Fit 4 Start Selection & Graduation Day at Kinepolis Kirchberg. This year, 20 start-ups from ICT, healthtech and space were selected for participation.

The Luxembourg Digital Innovation Hub (L-DIH) was officially launched in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Étienne Schneider.

The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) is celebrating its first year in business with the launch of a greatly enhanced web presence. The new website incorporates the Luxembourg Space Directory and provides a new home for the Spaceresources.lu initiative.

During the visit of Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, to the NorthStar Earth & Space headquarters in Montreal, a cooperation was launched to enable a Clean Space initiative to foster sustainability in space.

On 18 July 2019, during the last day of the economic mission to South Korea, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, presented the Luxembourg space sector at the "Korea Space Forum".

On July 17, 2019, the second day of the economic mission to South Korea led by Étienne Schneider was dominated by an event in Seoul to promote and present the Luxembourg ecosystem for young innovative companies.

On the occasion of a seminar held in Seoul on July 16, 2019 during the economic mission to South Korea, Luxembourg presented itself as a centre of excellence for all management, analysis and highly secure hosting of data as well as distribution of digital content, in particular thanks to its excellent connectivity on both national and international level.

Spire Global, one of the world's largest space-to-cloud analytics companies, today announced that Spire Global Luxembourg will launch its open source Data Lake as of July 10th.

Led by the Ministry of the Economy, Fit 4 Start is Luxembourg's national reference programme dedicated to support high potential start-ups by giving them access to early-stage financing and personalised coaching.