CEO and Publisher Torsten Kriening and Chief Editor Emma Gatti had the chance to interview Dr. Josef Aschbacher, ESA's Director General, the day after the end for the Paris CM-22. Listen up the radio interview, or read the shorter version here below.

Space systems have become critical enablers for a wide variety of applications which are of paramount importance to the functioning of national and regionally/globally integrated economies, as well as the operations of Armed Forces.

On the conclusion of the second day of ESA's Ministerial Council, held in Paris o the 22 and 23 of November 2022, Josef Aschbacher, ESA's Director General, together with French Minister Bruno Le Maire, announces a new budget for ESA amounting to 16.9 billion euro, 17% increase from 2019. Aschbacher initially asked for 18 billion, to forefront the challenges ESA is facing to detach from Russia dependency and develop a sovereign launching system.

Minutes before the opening ceremony that inaugurated the 22nd ESA's Council Ministerial, this year held in Paris, Italy, Germany and France signed a joint statement regarding the future of launcher exploitation within the Union. 

Our guest for the last episode of 2022, directly from the 2022 Ministerial and -hopefully-from the launch of Artemis I, will be the President of the Italian Space Agency, Mr. Giorgio Saccoccia. It has been a very significant year for the Italian Space Sector,

The first Space Cafè Summit of the autumn focused on the link between Space, Energy and Economics. With more than 130 participants, it was one of the most successful webinars hosted this year on our platform, an obvious sign of the interest around the subject.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Communication, Space & Technology Commission (CST) of Saudi Arabia will be hosting a 3-day International Forum on Connecting the World from the Skies, in collaboration with the Saudi Space Commission (SSC).

The fifth episode of Space Café Italy has featured Simonetta Cheli, ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN. The episode was hosted by Dr. Emma Gatti, Editor in Chief of SpaceWatch.Global and correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Italy. 

The term “space insurance” often refers to first-party insurance that covers pre-launch, launch, initial operations in orbit, and longer lifetimes in orbit. There are two main reasons why space firms buy insurance. The first is for “refund” purposes – it allows them to recover costs that led up to an accident, repay financiers, and exit a business entirely.

The fourth episode of Space Café Italy has featured Cinzia Zuffada, NASA’s JPL Deputy Chief Scientist and President of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF). The episode was hosted by Dr. Emma Gatti, host for Space Cafè Radio and correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Italy.