SpaceWatch.Global Opinion

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1 - 7 March 2021”.

In a blink it seems our lives have become almost completely reliant on space infrastructure and the digital – or cyber - life that has burgeoned from it.  Cyber is here and amassed the “trillions” scenario predicted only a decade ago.  Weather forecasting, financial interactions, air transportation, defence, global positioning system (GPS), and communications systems all depend on infrastructure on the ground and in space.

February 2021 was a blockbuster month for space transactions. When including the announced SPAC mergers of Astra and BlackSky, total money raised by space companies exceeds US$2.1 billion (of which the SPACs represent almost US$1 billion and SpaceX another US$850 million).

When we think about our environment, we do not tend to include space. However, with increasing alerts of possible space pollution and a rising urgency to deal with space debris, the question of a “Green Space” has become pertinent.

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 22-28 Feb 2021”.

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 47: ‘About a new European multi-orbit connectivity system’, originally published in January 2021.

by Antonio Fowl Stark, Winner SGAC SSS-PG Essay Competition 2020 The Spectrums of Space Traffic ManagementSpace Traffic Management (STM) is inherently an intergovernmental and interdisciplinary field. Precisely for these characteristics, there is no single agreed-upon definition of STM.

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 15 - 21 Feb 2012”.

Asia; the most populous and largest continent in the world, mostly known for its diverse foods, rich culture and strong global economic presence, is also home to a unique fusion of Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS); an unparalleled characteristic that holds a pool of potential for business, academia and users alike.

Based on observation, all heavenly objects in the Solar System and other planetary systems seem to move in some kind of elliptical motion with respect to each other. According to Kepler’s 1st Law, the “orbit of a planet with respect to the Sun is an ellipse, with the Sun at one of the two foci.”