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EnduroSat`s Balkan Constellation will join the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Copernicus Contributing missions after its selection. The selection happened in the presence of Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union, and Dr. Joseph Aschbacher, ESA DG. 

On the 25th of May 2023 GLOC, the first conference entirely focused on the role of the space sector for climate change mitigation, closed it’s first, extremely successful edition. Co-organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA), it was held in Oslo, Norway.

The Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC 2023) arrived in Oslo last month; it was uncharacteristically interesting for a space conference. Not because it was overflowing with greatness, but because the bar for innovation and programmatic depth with space conferences has always tended to be quite low so the experience was unexpected.

On May 23-25 2023, we attended (online) GLOC2023: The Global Space Conference on Climate Change 2023, organized under the patronage of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and its member the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA).

In the latest (13th) “Space Café Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, host Prof Steven Freeland, Emeritus Professor at Western Sydney University, and Professorial Fellow at Bond University, and Co-Host Torsten Kriening, SpaceWatch.Global’s Publisher, welcomed Ruvimbo Samanga and Dr Antonino Salmeri to a fantastic breakfast discussion at a café in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner, Chairman of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation a few weeks after the commission handed over their 2023 annual report on research, innovation, and technological performance in Germany.

Teodoro Valente, the new president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), has resumed office at the agency's headquarters in Rome. Valente's candidacy was proposed by the COMINT, chaired by Adolfo Urso, the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy.

The very first Langkawi International Space Forum (LISF) saw representatives from across the globe who spoke on a variety of topics. Over 150 Attendees listened keenly to the future of space in Malaysia and Asia. Here are the closing thoughts from SpaceWatch.Global. Read our feature to get a holistic view on the Langkawi International Space Forum. https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-malaysia-inaugurates-its-first-space-forum-in-conjunction-with-lima-2023/

Our Asia Editor Rika Valluri is at Langkawi International Space Forum (LISF) in Malaysia and offers her observations at the end of day 1 - from the beach!

Our Asia Editor Rika Valluri is at Langkawi International Space Forum (LISF) in Malaysia and offers her observations from the day 1 at mid day.