About this episode
George Danos discusses Cyprus's ambitions and activities in space.
Cyprus is a small country with a small population and a small economy. But it has big ambitions in space. In this episode, recorded at Cospar 2025 in Nicosia, George Danos, who has been championing this case for Cyprus for years and can be considered Cyprus's Carl Sagan, explains the rise of Cyprus's space activities in communication services, small satellites, and collaboration with ESA and more.
People in this episode
Host: Gurbir Singh
Guest: George Danos
Topics covered
- space activities
- Cyprus
- communication services
- small satellites
- ESA collaboration
Keywords
- Cyprus
- space
- George Danos
- ESA
- satellites
- communication services
- Cospar 2025
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ESA
Places: Cyprus
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