Azercosmos, the premier satellite operator in the South Caucasus, has signed an extended partnership agreement with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, to increase capacity and coverage across Africa.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes With Dr. Natalia Archinard” On 22 September 2020
Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Dr. Natália Archinard, Deputy Head of the Science, Education, Transport and Space Section at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and Chair of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). This event will take place on 22 September 2020 at 4:00 pm CEST.
Read More »E2MC Update On Space-Financing Rounds in August 2020
August 2020 sure proved that a lot of private capital can flow into the space sector, with a total of US$2.2 billion. Sure, SpaceX represented over 80% of this total – the company’s latest filing shows $1.9 billion raised of a potential total of $2.066 billion – but even without it, the sector total would have come to almost $400 million, distributed across geographies and subsectors.
Read More »Ignacio Chechile Joins ReOrbit as CTO
Ignacio Chechile joins ReOrbit as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on September 1, 2020, to lead the technology development of the company’s modular and reusable microsatellite platforms, targeting in-orbit assembly and servicing.
Read More »Space Café Podcast Episode 010 Featuring Nicole Stott Now Available
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 10th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Nicole Stott - Space Shuttle Astronaut Extraordinaire. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott spent 104 days in space and remembers her two space flights aboard the legendary space shuttle that changed her life.
Read More »Glavkosmos ends research into using Russian equipment on Indian spacecraft
Russia’s company Glavkosmos (an affiliate of Roscosmos corporation) has handed over to Indian customers the results of its research into the possibility of using Russian flight equipment on India’s crewed spacecraft Gaganyan, Glavkosmos CEO Dmitry Loskutov told TASS on the sidelines of the forum Army-2020.
Read More »SpaceX launches SAOCOM 1B Mission
On Sunday, August 30 at 7:19 p.m. EDT, or 23:19 UTC, SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully lifted off carrying the SAOCOM 1B mission. This mission put the SAOCOM 1B spacecraft into orbit as well as two rideshare payloads, Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.
Read More »Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Capella’s SAR Satellite on 14th Mission
Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has successfully launched its 14th Electron mission and deployed a single microsatellite for Capella Space.
Read More »Skygate Technologies receives seed investment for Ground Station as a Service
Skygate Technologies Inc., a Japanese space startup, has received seed investments from the Keio University-based venture capital firm Keio Innovation Initiative
Read More »Vega’s SSMS rideshare mission rescheduled
Final preparations are underway for Arianespace’s historic Vega rideshare flight with Europe’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser system – which has been rescheduled within a launch window from September 1 to September 4 following multiple weather-related postponements.
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