https://spacewatch.global/events/space-cafe-audio/radio/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:02:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/events/space-cafe-audio/radio/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/space-cafe-radio-cyber-threats-in-space-why-the-ground-segment-is-the-real-target-with-roger-patrick/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75904 "If someone ever claims they've finished implementing all the cyber, it's nonsense - it's a continually evolving problem." That clear-eyed honesty runs through this entire conversation, recorded live at SmallSat Europe in Amsterdam, where Torsten Kriening sits down with Roger Patrick, Director of Sales and Business Development at TERMA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/space-cafe-radio-with-franck-mouriaux/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75566 Live from Eurosatory in Paris, Franck Mouriaux, acting CEO of FADA, an EDGE company, joins Torsten Kriening to explain how the UAE is building sovereign space capability at speed - the bet on SAR with the Sirb constellation, the "supermarket of data" vision behind the Zenith orchestration system, and why the real challenge is building the brains, not just the hardware.]]> 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/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-michael-traut-2/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74655 Live from the 41st Space Symposium, Major General Michael Traut, Commander of the German Space Command, joins Torsten Kriening for a candid talk on execution: Germany's €35 billion space push, the SATCOM Stage 4 mega-constellation, the monopoly-versus-innovation debate, and why time - not money - is now the scarcest resource.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-clint-crosier/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74581 Space Force architect and former AWS space chief Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Clint Crosier joins Torsten Kriening at Space Symposium - on standing up the U.S. Space Force, commanding GPS, the cloud-for-space revolution, and his next chapter.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-dr-michael-gleason/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74523 Live from day two of the 41st Space Symposium, Dr. Michael Gleason of the Aerospace Corporation joins Torsten Kriening to discuss his paper "Geopolitical Awakening," why Washington overlooks European space, and how a potential €60 billion budget could reshape ESA, the geo-return rule, and Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-wolfgang-ohl-2/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=74484 Live from the final day of the 41st Space Symposium, Major General Wolfgang Ohl joins Torsten Kriening to unpack Germany's record presence in Colorado Springs, the €35 billion behind it, and the shift from burden sharing to burden shifting that is reshaping Europe's role in space defense.]]> 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/space-cafe-radio-commercial-eo-and-sovereign-space-perspectives-with-sean-wiid/ Thu, 07 May 2026 08:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73708 In this episode of Space Cafe Radio, host Torsten Kriening, Publisher of SpaceWatch.Global, sits down with Sean Wiid, CEO of UP42, the Berlin-based Earth Observation platform now part of the Neo Space Group.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-cafe-radio-with-christian-fidi-and-sascha-bechthold/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73456 Yvette Gonzalez speaks with TTTECH's Christian Fidi and Sascha Bechthold about the Vienna-based company powering Ariane 6, NASA's Lunar Gateway, and Artemis II - with over a billion flight hours and a technology Europe can't do without.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-cafe-radio-with-dr-daniel-baker/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73426 Torsten Kriening sits down with Dr. Daniel Baker, Director of the Space Policy Center at CU Boulder, recorded just hours before Artemis 2's splashdown. Discover why engineers need policy thinking, how Colorado became a unique hub for space governance, and why the Outer Space Treaty alone isn't enough for the commercial space era.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-cafe-radio-with-dr-ali-al-shidhani/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72641 Oman signed the Artemis Accords, grew space investment by 200% in three years, and is building a launch port. Dr. Ali Al Shidhani tells Torsten Kriening how Oman Vision 2040 is making space a strategic pillar.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/space-cafe-radio-with-major-general-fleischmann/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72381 In this episode of Space Café Radio, host Torsten Kriening speaks with Major General Armin Fleischmann, Head of Planning for Cyber and Information Domain (CID) and Digitalization of the Bundeswehr, about how modern warfare is being fundamentally transformed by space, data, and artificial intelligence.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/space-cafe-radio-with-dr-heather-pringle/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72182 In this forward-looking episode of Space Café Radio, Torsten Kriening speaks with Dr. Heather Pringle Maj Gen, USAF (Ret.), CEO of the Space Foundation, ahead of the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs - a gathering that is no longer just an event, but a global platform for action.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/space-cafe-radio-with-h-e-salem-al-qubaisi/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72056 In this special episode of Space Cafe Radio, recorded live at the Middle East Space Conference in Oman, Torsten Kriening speaks with His Excellency Salem Al Qubaisi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency, about the remarkable evolution of the UAE as a modern, agile space nation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/space-cafe-radio-with-prof-dr-rafaela-kraus/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71912 On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2026, this special episode of Space Café Radio brings together host Laura Todd, Senior Advisor and Editor at SpaceWatch.Global, with Prof. Dr. Rafaela Kraus from the University of the Bundeswehr Munich for a thought-provoking conversation about innovation, education, and the future of Europe’s space and defense ecosystems.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/space-cafe-radio-with-h-e-salem-al-marri/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71391 In this powerful episode of Space Cafe Radio, recorded live at the Middle East Space Conference 2026 in Muscat, Oman, Torsten Krieningsits down with H.E. Salem Al Marri, Managing Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), to reflect on one of the most remarkable space transformations of the past two decades.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/space-cafe-radio-with-daniel-faber/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71055 Join host Maria Varmazis from T-Minus Space Daily as she sits down with Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab, at Commercial Space Week in Orlando, Florida for this special guest production for Space Café Radio]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/space-cafe-radio-with-dr-patrick-keller/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70966 In this episode of Space Cafe Radio, host Torsten Kriening speaks with Dr. Patrick Keller, Deputy Research Director at the German Council on Foreign Relations, about a world order that is no longer theoretical - but brutally real.]]>