https://spacewatch.global/events/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:29:29 +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/spacewatchgl-opinion-when-the-satellite-calls-the-drone-the-quiet-birth-of-a-new-earth-observation-market/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75096
Written by Torsten Kriening and Niels Buus
What happens when a satellite observation automatically becomes a drone mission? At Eurosatory 2026, Quantum Systems outlined a vision that could reshape both Earth observation and military ISR: satellites detecting change, autonomous drones providing immediate verification, and software connecting the two into a single sensing architecture. The result is a potential new business model for EO providers and a glimpse into the future of integrated space and defense operations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-resilience-in-orbit-how-vulnerable-is-the-infrastructure-we-all-depend-on/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75125 At ILA 2026, ArianeGroup's Thomas Tschirner, DLR's Olaf Heintze and Monarch's Heiko Hoepfler join SpaceWatch.Global's Rosa Schmidt to ask how vulnerable our space infrastructure really is — from jamming and satellite hacking to supply chains and sovereignty.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-does-power-rewrite-the-law-in-orbit-keep-out-zones-deterrence-and-astropolitics/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75122 At ILA 2026, BMVg's Carsten Bockstette, CASSIS's Enrico Fels and SWP's Juliana Suess join SpaceWatch.Global's Torsten Kriening to debate whether power is rewriting the law in space — keep-out zones, deterrence, norms and the rise of "astropolitics."]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-greener-cheaper-better-the-race-to-replace-toxic-rocket-fuel-with-maxim-kurilov/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75118 On Day 2 of ILA 2026, DLR Lampoldshausen's Maxim Kurilov joins SpaceWatch.Global's Rosa Schmidt and Space.Table's Ralf Nestler to explain green rocket propellants — from replacing toxic hydrazine to reviving nitromethane — and why sustainability and cost now go hand in hand.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-two-mid-caps-one-end-to-end-space-chain-on-procurement-primes-resilience/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75111 At ILA 2026, BST's Tom Segert and MBS's Sven Sünberg join Space.Table's Ralf Nestler to discuss their new 20% tie-up — Germany's first SME-led integrated space ecosystem — and make the case for procurement reform, resilience and a stronger role for the Mittelstand.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-from-pixel-to-decision-when-ai-agents-take-over-earth-observation-with-daniel-seidel/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75109 At ILA 2026, LiveEO's Daniel Seidel joins SpaceWatch.Global's Rosa Schmidt and Torsten Kriening to explore agentic AI in Earth observation - value, ethics, the human in the loop, and Twinspector, Germany's bid for its first high-resolution satellite operator.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-paul-lynch/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75050 Live from GEOINT 2026 in Aurora, Colorado, Major General Paul Lynch, NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Intelligence, joins Torsten Kriening to explain why allied intelligence stumbles on integration rather than collection - the lessons of Ukraine, the rise of commercial GEOINT, the data-and-trust challenge of near-real-time intelligence, and why he calls legacy a comforting illusion.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-what-we-dont-see-can-hit-us-major-general-fleischmann-on-germanys-view-from-space/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75062 From ILA 2026 in Berlin, Major General Armin Fleischmann of the Bundeswehr's Cyber and Information Domain Command joins Torsten Kriening to discuss the "transparent battlefield," Germany's need for sovereign eyes in orbit, a Plan B for when space goes dark, and why a human must always remain the final decision-maker over AI.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-the-invisible-infrastructure-watching-over-earth-hyperspectral-eyes-climate-the-final-frontier-dlrs-prof-heinz-wilhelm-huebers/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75003 At ILA 2026, DLR's Prof. Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers joins SpaceWatch.Global's Rosa Schmidt and Space.Table's Ralf Nestler to reveal how Earth observation - from hyperspectral EnMAP to climate monitoring and the upper-atmosphere frontier - quietly safeguards life on Earth.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/69th-copuos-2026-one-shot-one-asteroid-inside-esas-ramses-mission-with-paolo-martino/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74873 From the 69th Session of COPUOS in Vienna, ESA's RAMSES Project Manager Paolo Martino joins Judith Delany to explain humanity's one-shot mission to asteroid Apophis — the rare 2029 close encounter, the race to launch by April 2028, and a global team of 120+ entities working to turn a once-in-a-generation event into planetary defense science.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-tech-expo-us-if-we-dont-talk-about-it-we-wont-solve-it-charlie-mcgillis/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74875 From Space Tech Expo US in Anaheim, Laura Todd talks with Charlie McGillis, founder and CEO of Polaris & Beyond, about a bigger, bolder show — the focus on space supply chains, the candid reframing of space nuclear as fission and fusion energy, and why solving space's hardest problems starts with talking openly about them.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-tech-expo-us-emma-stokes-on-anaheims-big-leap-and-a-booming-us-space-industry/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74881 From Space Tech Expo US in Anaheim, Laura Todd talks with Emma Stokes, Managing Director at Smarter Shows, about the show's milestone move to Anaheim — a 25% bigger floor, 5,000-plus attendees, Northrop Grumman joining the exhibition, and the spirit of open collaboration driving a booming US space industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-sovereignty-security-space-inside-germanys-new-ambition-with-dorothee-baer/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74975 At ILA 2026, Germany's Minister for Research, Technology and Space, Dorothee Baer, joins Space.Table's Nicola Kuhrt to discuss sovereignty, security, dual use, budgets and the national space law — and previews a new programme for young people.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-from-hobby-to-high-ground-germany-maps-its-military-space-all-the-way-to-the-moon/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74900
Written by Torsten Kriening
At this year's Berlin Air Show, two positions German officials had largely kept off open stages were stated in plain terms: that the Bundeswehr's remit now reaches toward cislunar space, between Earth and Moon, and that kinetic effects against satellites remain an option in the event of war.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-day-1-who-is-allowed-to-see-the-earth-the-hidden-law-of-watching-the-planet/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74885 At ILA 2026, ESA's Prof. Kai-Uwe Schrogl joins SpaceWatch.Global's Torsten Kriening to answer a deceptively simple question — who is allowed to see the Earth? — unpacking the Outer Space Treaty, shutter control, dual use and the future of Earth observation law.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-the-goal-is-the-moon-surface-esa-dg-josef-aschbacher-on-europes-moment-in-space/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74879 From ILA 2026 in Berlin, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher joins Torsten Kriening to celebrate a European astronaut on the next Artemis mission, share candid hopes of reaching the lunar surface, mark 140+ Zero Debris Charter signatories, and explain ESA's growing role in security and defense.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-day-1-heat-pixels-water-how-german-newspace-is-re-reading-the-earth/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74883 At ILA 2026, Marble Imaging's Dr. Gopika Suresh and EOMAP's Dr. Thomas Heege join Space.Table's Nicola Kuhrt to discuss how German NewSpace is re-reading the Earth — from 50 cm imagery and AI to data sovereignty, dual use and the climate mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-simonetta-cheli-on-sentinel-next-generation-copernicus-and-watching-a-changing-planet/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74877 From ILA 2026 in Berlin, ESA's Director of Earth Observation Simonetta Cheli joins Torsten Kriening to mark the first next-generation Sentinel-1 contract, explain the Switzerland–Copernicus situation, and showcase the deep synergy between ESA and national missions watching over a changing planet.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-morning-show-day-1-an-ila-like-no-other-dlr-chairwoman-prof-anke-kaysser-pyzalla/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74865 DLR Chairwoman Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla opens ILA 2026 on the SpaceWatch.Global Morning Show, on why Earth observation is no longer a niche, the security turning point in space, and the highlights inside the Space Pavilion.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-marco-esposito-on-the-apophis-mission-going-european-and-cameras-that-save-lives/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:45:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74822 cosine has just signed a contract to deliver a hyperspectral camera for ESA's RAMSES mission - the rendezvous with asteroid Apophis as it makes its exceptionally close pass by Earth in 2029, a genuinely once-in-a-generation event. ]]>