https://spacewatch.global/events/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:54:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/events/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-marshall-smith/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74423 Torsten Kriening sits down with Marshall Smith, CEO of Starlab Space, at the 41st Space Symposium. From NASA insider to commercial builder, Marshall reveals where Starlab stands, why the ISS gap risk is real, and his vision of humanity as a multi-planet species.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-daniel-faber-2/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74374 Torsten Kriening sits down with Daniel Faber, former CEO of Orbit Fab, on the sun deck of his Colorado home. From cell tower obsolescence to trillion-dollar space markets, from leaving Orbit Fab to launching a stealth company, a conversation about being contrarian and right.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-serbia-has-the-talent-now-it-needs-an-ecosystem/ Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74290
Written by Tamara Blagojević
At the first Serbian Space Conference in Niš, one message emerged clearly: Serbia does not lack talent. From CubeSat development and orbital robotics to emerging startups and student engineering teams, the foundations of a national space ecosystem are taking shape.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/smallsat-europe-amsterdam-radian-systems-cloud-based-thermal-analysis-from-spain/ Thu, 28 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74332 Thermal analysis rarely gets the spotlight. Yet many spacecraft problems begin the moment it is treated as an afterthought.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/smallsat-europe-amsterdam-newspace-systems-ritisha-leche-munsamy-expands-to-netherlands/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74329 A new office in the Netherlands is only part of the story. NewSpace Systems is also showcasing how South Africa is becoming a manufacturing and talent hub for the global space industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/smallsat-europe-amsterdam-scanways-oskar-zdunek-polish-optical-payloads-going-global/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74337 For Scanway, the challenge is not building optical payloads. It is keeping pace with a market where speed increasingly determines who wins the next contract.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/smallsat-europe-amsterdam-35-years-of-esa-flight-software-and-the-responsible-ai-path/ Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74326 Thirty-five years of space heritage brought Gofore to SmallSat Europe. The conversation quickly turned to a more difficult question: how to move faster without creating bigger problems in orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/smallsat-europe-amsterdam-will-europes-industrial-base-succeed/ Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74216 Europe does not lack ideas. It lacks scale. At SmallSat Europe, the people expected to build it are already in the room.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/geoint-2026-day-two-pino-nobile-natos-geoint-mastermind-on-ai-policy-space-domain/ Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73998 At GEOINT 2026 in Aurora, Colorado, Torsten Kriening spoke with Pino Nobile, who leads the GEOINT and Space Services Section at NATO headquarters.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/space-cafe-33-minutes-with-first-live-thermal-infrared-from-space-kepler-and-ororatech/ Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73949 Laura Todd talks with Mina Mitry, CEO of Kepler, and Thomas Gruebler, Co-founder of OroraTech, at Space Symposium about a world first: live-streaming thermal infrared data from space. Discover how a five-month collaboration is revolutionizing wildfire detection and why trust is at the core of international partnerships.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/spacewatchgl-analysis-geoint-2026-the-pipeline-is-the-mission-and-europe-is-falling-behind-on-the-plumbing/ Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73911
Written by Torsten Kriening
GEOINT 2026 in Aurora delivered an uncomfortable diagnosis: the era of competing for collection is over. The real contest is now integration, governance and trustworthy AI - and Europe is falling behind on the plumbing. Torsten Kriening analyses what the symposium means for Berlin and Brussels.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/synmax-bets-on-agentic-ai-to-move-from-data-vendor-to-intelligence-company/ Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73920 SynMax founder Eric Anderson outlines the Houston startup's evolution from natural gas analytics to maritime intelligence - and why he believes agentic AI, not chat interfaces, will drive its leap from data vendor to full-spectrum intelligence company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/agos-mcmullan-warns-geoint-agencies-face-existential-test-of-pace-and-relevance/ Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73922 At GEOINT 2026 in Aurora, Colorado, Kathryn McMullan, Director of the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, warned that GEOINT agencies face an existential test of pace and relevance. Her keynote set out Australia's strategic paradox, an unsolved maritime domain awareness scale problem, and a partnership architecture extending from Five Eyes through AUKUS, the Quad and a deepening relationship with Japan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-planetary-defense-joins-the-supremacy-stack/ Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73899
Written by Torsten Kriening
At the 41st Space Symposium, a planetary defense luncheon I expected to be apolitical turned into something else. When a former NASA Administrator proposed extending the Artemis Accords to cover asteroid defense, it became clear: the last genuinely multilateral domain in space is being quietly absorbed into the American supremacy stack.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/bredenkamp-ngas-elevated-tempo-is-now-the-baseline/ Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73905 In her first GEOINT keynote since taking command of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Lt Gen Michele Bredenkamp told delegates at GEOINT 2026 in Aurora, Colorado, that the agency's elevated operational tempo is "no longer a surge - it is our baseline." ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/geoint-2026-day-three-final-day-the-three-big-takeaways-and-golden-ticket-insights/ Mon, 11 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73837 Torsten Kriening and Yvette Gonzalez wrap up GEOINT 2026 from snowy Aurora, Colorado with special guest Udit Bhatta, Golden Ticket winner from Mississippi State University. Discover why allied GEOINT's constraint has shifted from collection to governance, why commercial GEOINT is now structural, and why AI interoperability is the new challenge.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/geoint-2026-day-three-ksats-rob-ayasse-tracking-dark-vessels-and-the-power-of-ground-stations/ Mon, 11 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73834 Torsten Kriening talks with Rob Ayasse, VP of Earth Observation Sales at KSAT, at GEOINT 2026. Discover KSAT's dual business model, the new Wake by KSAT dark vessel detection platform, and a real-world case study tracking a sanctions-busting tanker from Russia to Syria.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/4s-symposium-2026-cristina-ortega-avs-and-the-canary-islands-constellation-story/ Mon, 11 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73831 Daniela Jovic talks with Cristina Ortega, Head of Space at AVS (Added Value Solutions), at the 4S Symposium in Sardinia. Discover the Canary Islands Constellation -Spain's first regional government space asset for monitoring volcanoes, wildfires, and environmental services, and why Europe must also support smaller constellation projects alongside the mega-programs.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/geoint-2026-day-two-ronda-schrenk-the-mastermind-behind-geoint-2026-and-the-inflection-point/ Mon, 11 May 2026 09:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73773 USGIF CEO Ronda Schrenk discusses AI adoption, institutional challenges, and the operational focus shaping GEOINT 2026.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/geoint-2026-day-two-earthdailys-6-new-satellites-launched-and-nro-contract-win/ Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73767 EarthDaily expands its satellite constellation to support AI-driven global change detection built on consistent, repeatable Earth observation data.]]>