The UK Space Agency has published the Planetary Protection Technical Framework, providing clear guidance to ensure UK space activities safeguard the environment on Earth and in space from potential...
Space Aye has appointed Ed Parsons to its advisory board and Andrew Turner CB CBE, a Royal Air Force Veteran, as a non-executive director. These appointments come at a...
Kosmos 482, a Soviet era Venera landing capsule that launched 53 years ago, has potentially crashed back onto the Earth, plummeting into the Indian Ocean on Saturday 10 May...
The UK Space Agency has published the Planetary Protection Technical Framework, providing clear guidance to ensure UK space activities safeguard the environment on Earth and in space from potential...
Space Aye has appointed Ed Parsons to its advisory board and Andrew Turner CB CBE, a Royal Air Force Veteran, as a non-executive director. These appointments come at a...
Kosmos 482, a Soviet era Venera landing capsule that launched 53 years ago, has potentially crashed back onto the Earth, plummeting into the Indian Ocean on Saturday 10 May...
Rheinmetall and ICEYE have signed an MoU to establish a joint venture, Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions, for satellite production. Rheinmetall will be the majority shareholder in the new joint...
Safran Defense & Space, Inc. (Safran DSI) has launched a new U.S. headquarters at 4501 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington, Virginia, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to...
SkyFi and OroraTech have entered into a strategic partnership to bring space-based thermal monitoring and wildfire detection to a broader US audience through SkyFi’s Earth intelligence platform. Upon integration,...
From Berlin, With Orbit: SmallSats, Big Shifts Live from the 15th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, hosted at Berlin’s IHK, we’re capturing what really matters —...
Neo Space Group (NSG) has appointed Mr. Aurélien Fougerard as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). His appointment marks a key addition to NSG’s growing world-class leadership team, reinforcing the company’s...
ClearSpace has successfully completed Phase 2 of the CLEAR mission, marking a key milestone in the UK’s first Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission. This phase has de-risked key technologies...
ESA and ISRO have signed a joint Statement of Intent on cooperation for human space exploration focusing on low Earth orbit, and in a secondary stage on the Moon....
ESA’s Biomass mission has deployed its 12-meter-diameter antenna just a week after its launch, marking another critical milestone. The satellite is on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into...
Ispace's RESILIENCE lunar lander has successfully entered lunar orbit, doing so at 5:41 a.m. today, May 7 JST (May 6, 20:41 UTC). As a result, ispace has completed the...
Planet Labs GmbH signs a seven-figure contract with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) and the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) for...
ESA has contracted GomSpace to participate in the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) with the contract valued at EUR 900,000. RAMSES aims to study the near-Earth asteroid...
EU Member States have appointed General André Denk as the new Chief Executive of the European Defense Agency (EDA), upon recommendation of the Head of the European Defense Agency...
NASA has launched the LunaRecycle Challenge, a lunar waste competition with $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions.
President Trump’s discretionary Budget request for FY 2026 proposes to slash NASA's budget by 24 percent. This comes as part of the White House's effort to eliminate $163 billion...
Eutelsat has appointed Jean-François Fallacher as its new CEO, succeeding Eva Berneke, who has steered the company since January 2022. The appointment decision came at a Board Meeting held...
The New Zealand Air Force has announced the creation of a space squadron as part of a broader defence enhancement strategy. The squadron demonstrates New Zealand's increasing emphasis on...
Slingshot Aerospace has opened a new Canadian office in Ottawa, as a strategic expansion that reinforces its commitment to strengthening Canada’s sovereign space capabilities. The expansion also aims to...
The USSF SSC has achieved Operational Acceptance for the SBIRS Survivable Endurable Evolution (S2E2) program. S2E2 replaces the legacy Air National Guard-operated Mobile Ground System (MGS) originally developed in...
Magna Petra has signed a CRADA Agreement securing the use of a specialized mass spectrometer previously flown on government-led lunar missions. This marks the first time a commercial company...
Japan’s Strategic Space Fund has selected ispace as part of a team for the "Development and demonstration of lunar water resource exploration technology (sensing technology)." The project team, led...
UP42 and Maxar are collaborating to make Maxar’s very high-resolution satellite imagery and tasking products available in the UP42 platform, broadening global access to Maxar's commercial geospatial intelligence.
ATMOS has secured a new strategic investment from Expansion Ventures and announced a new subsidiary office in Strasbourg, France. This marks a key milestone in ATMOS’s development, reinforcing its...
UNOOSA and OSTIn are collaborating under the "Space Law for New Space Actors" project. The collaboration will assist the Government of Singapore to foster the development of its space...
Amazon has launched 27 Project Kuiper satellites on its KA-01 mission aboard ULA's Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The 27 satellites represent the first...
Rivada Space Networks has secured market access to its Outernet constellation in 33 countries and every continent, with Belgium, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Costa Rica being the latest....
The European Space Agency has launched the Biomass mission aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, with lift off at 11:15 am CEST.
Axiom Space has announced the appointment of Tejpaul Bhatia as its Chief Executive Officer. Bhatia will subsequently take over after serving as Chief Revenue Officer for the company over...
TAU Systems has raised $20 million in extended seed funding, in a round led by Quantonation, with participation from original seed investor, Team Global. This brings the company's total...
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has completed the assembly of the Aspera space astrophysics microsatellite bus. The spacecraft is now ready for integration with the far-UV Aspera telescope from the...
Joerg Kreisel, Chairman + Co-Founder, iBOSS, has been unanimously reelected as CONFERS President by the CONFERS Board of Directors. The Executive Committee elections took place following the consortium's Board...
LiveEO GmbH has secured a strategic investment from Kyuden International Corporation, a subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power Company. With this partnership, LiveEO will bring its advanced solutions to the...
At the recent GSTCE 2025, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) entered two strategic partnerships to harness space-based technologies and data to drive geo-enabled solutions to address climate mitigation and...
OKAPI:Orbits has completed its latest financing round,securing €13M in total seed funding. Ventech, a pan-European early-stage VC led the round, with strong support from Matterwave Ventures, a European industrial...
Space Foundation, through SWFT, has entered an agreement with ISU towards advance space education and address workforce needs across the United States space industry.
OroraTech has opened a new headquarters in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. The new headquarters will serve as a central hub connecting U.S. wildfire emergency services, utility providers...
ATMOS has conducted the first orbital test flight of its PHOENIX 1 re-entry capsule to and back from Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Initial analysis confirms that the mission achieved...
Reflex Aerospace and Umbra are collaborating to provide turnkey synthetic aperture radar (SAR) solutions to Europe. Umbra will customize and build its high-performance SAR solutions for integration by Reflex...
Azercosmos hosted the 4th Meeting among the Space Agencies and Relevant Authorities of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Baku. The meeting gathered representatives and experts from across...
The 2025 edition of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) + 20 High-Level Event is coming up from 7 to 11 July, in Geneva, Switzerland. The high-level...
ATMOS has secured a new strategic investor: Mätch VC. Mätch VC brings a €1 million investment and the backing of key industrial partners to support ATMOS in scaling its...
ESA’s Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) has arrived at the ISS after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission....
Astronomers using the JWST have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 83 (M83). This finding,...
OTB has launched a new Luxembourg office and hired three new team members: Jeremy Teboul, Estelle Godard, and Kateryna Lopatynska from the Promus team, to support the firm’s efforts...
The African Space Agency (AfSA) has been formally inaugurated on Sunday 20 April 2025 at its permanent headquarters in Egypt’s Space City, Cairo, at the sidelines of the 2025...
Sidus Space has unveiled a near real-time vessel detection and classification capability which will leverage its hybrid 3D printed LizzieSat satellite platform. Sidus Space will subsequently process data directly...
QuantX Labs is partnering with Exotrail to launch a key component of its atomic clock technology, TEMPO, hosted on the spacevan™ vehicle. The Vehicle will subsequently launch on a...
Qosmosys has opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to consolidate R&D efforts and to establish Riyadh as the central hub for all Qosmosys business operations within the next...
NRO, in partnership with U.S.S.F SSC and Northrop Grumman, successfully launched multiple national security payloads with the NROL-174 mission aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket from Space Launch...
Chunghwa Telecom has announced a strategic partnership with Astranis to bring a dedicated microGEO satellite to Taiwan. With features such as rapid deployment, high performance, and exceptional reliability, this...
Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight for the New Shepard program, featuring an all-female crew. The suborbital mission lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas...
Qosmosys has signed an MoU with Sodern, establishing the framework for technical collaboration regarding Qosmosys’ TRIOPS initiative. TRIOPS is an advanced Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) the company intends...
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been selected to participate in two multi-billion-dollar government development programs for the United States and the United Kingdom.
ESA has contracted ALTEC for the consolidation of Training, Logistics, and Operations Services for ISS and Exploration. Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander and ALTEC CEO Vincenzo...
Outpost Space has won a $1.8M contract from the U.S. Space Force SPACEWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, awarded through the Innovative Cargo Exoatmospheric Delivery Technology...
The C3S and WMO have published The European State of the Climate 2024 (ESOTC 2024) report featuring detailed analyses of Europe's climate for the previous year, going beyond annual...
Space Forge Inc. has appointed Dr. Atul Kumar as Head of Semiconductors in the U.S, as it accelerates plans to establish a U.S.-based manufacturing capability for semiconductor materials, supporting...
Vast has signed a strategic agreement with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space® (CASIS) to support scientific research through the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory....
GomSpace has partnered with Neuraspace to add the latter's space traffic management to its hands-off operations platform (HOOP) for satellite operators towards improving safety and reducing costs for GomSpace’s...
Axelspace has announced plans to launch seven next-generation Earth observation microsatellites, “GRUS-3,” in 2026. This will expand the company’s microsatellite constellation to include more than ten satellites, enabling broader...
Jared Isaacman, US President Trump’s nominee to head NASA, has undergone his nomination hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The incoming NASA Chief signaled interest...
ESA has appointed e-GEOS as Prime Contractor of the consortium responsible for developing technological solutions for civil Earth Observation to improve the understanding of fragility in developing areas.
Sidus Space and Reflex Aerospace GmBH have signed an MOU establishing the framework to form a U.S.-based Joint Venture. The companies signed the MOU during the Space Foundation’s 40th...
NASA has welcomed Bangladesh as the 54th signatory to the Artemis Accords, following a signing ceremony on Tuesday, 8 April, in Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka. Ashraf Uddin, Bangladesh's secretary...
Vast has announced Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS), Interstellar Lab, and Exobiosphere as the latest payload partners for its Haven-1 Lab, a commercial crewed microgravity research and manufacturing...
Astroscale U.S. Inc. will conduct two refueling operations of a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO) for the United States Space Force (USSF). The mission...
Redwire Corporation and ispace-U.S. have announced at the 40th Space Symposium a memorandum of understanding to jointly pursue commercial lunar exploration and science missions for the NASA Commercial Lunar...
Neo Space Group will be providing inflight connectivity services to Thai Airways International (THAI) and Uzbekistan Airways Aircrafts. NSG’s IFC solution will deliver internet speeds of up to 200...
🚀 Live from the 40th Space Symposium – reporting directly from the DLR booth 🌍 SpaceWatch.Global is proud to present the Space Café Morning Show, broadcasting from The Broadmoor...
Neo Space Group (NSG) has entered a strategic partnership with G&S SatCom to implement G&S SatConnect, a cloud-based, real-time monitoring platform. This collaboration will thereby support NSG’s Network Operations...
Exobiosphere, has raised over €1.9 million in a seed round to scale its orbital high-throughput screening platform. Expansion Ventures, a €200M pan-European venture capital fund backing category-defining founders in...
The USSF SSC and SpOC have announced the NSSL GPS III-7 mission launch. The mission, with the Space Vehicle 08 (SV-08), will launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from...
The Fram2 crew have safely splashed down (at 16:19 a.m. GMT) off the coast of Oceanside, California. The crew concluded the first human spaceflight mission to explore Earth from...
SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Blue Origin have each won U.S. Space Force (USSF) rocket launch contracts worth a combined $13.5 billion. The contracts revolve around the National...
D-Orbit and Planetek Group have announced a strategic business combination to explore new innovative business models and implement synergies. The announcement came during an event at the Sala degli...
Senior Editor and Advisor Laura Todd sit down with Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab to discuss his company's mission to create a self-sustaining space economy by providing in-space...
The Space Symposium 2025 is around the corner and the SpaceWatch.Global team, Laura Todd, Yvette Gonzalez and Torsten Kriening made it to Colorado.
Novaspace has published a new market intelligence report, the Major Space Programs Tracker, uncovering a major strategic evolution in satellite deployment. The report spotlights a defining trend across the...
PLD Space has signed an agreement with D-Orbit to deploy satellites aboard MIURA 5 to equatorial orbit. Through the agreement, D-Orbit will fly payloads aboard MIURA 5, including its...
ESA’s Space Debris Office has published the 2025 edition of its annual Space Environment Report, providing a transparent overview of global space activities. The report also determines how well...
ispace technologies U.S., Inc. (ispace-U.S.), has formed a U.S. Lunar Science Advisory Board (US LSAB), which Dr. Alan Stern will chair.
Bridgestone Corporation has announced its exhibition at the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from Monday, April 7, to Thursday, April 10, 2025. Bridgestone aims to accelerate its...
Astroscale UK has appointed four experts to its new UK Advisory Board: Richard Franklin, Rachel Gardner-Poole, Ian Annett, and Stuart Martin. Their collective expertise across defence, civil space, aviation,...
The IAF Spring Meetings were held in Paris from 25 to 27 March 2025, gathering more than 300 participants for a three-day event which focused on important discussions, leading...
The Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) program has announced the appointment of its Interim Advisory Board (IAB). The IAB will subsequently play a supportive role as the program continues...
HawkEye 360 Inc. has announced its participation in the US Space Forces – Space (S4S) Commercial Integration Cell (CIC). This partnership reinforces HawkEye 360’s commitment to supporting the U.S....
At the NCA Innovation Day 2025 in Hamburg, Torsten Kriening welcomes David Caponio, Vice President of Products and Business Development at VAST. They discussed VAST's European connections and collaboration...
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has published new and updated U.S. space economy statistics for 2012–2023. The statistics provide estimates of the U.S. space economy's gross domestic...
Anywaves is launching its first in-house production of space antennas and New Space payloads through its pilot lines. This industrial milestone, marked by the inauguration of a 500 m²...
In the early hours of today, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched the Fram2 mission to polar orbit, lifting off at 1:46 am (Monday, 9:46 p.m. ET). The crew included Mission...
Sateliot has successfully closed its €70 million Series B funding round, strengthening its position as the world’s first 5G-IoT telecommunications operator from space. The IoT company intends to deliver...
Airbus has been selected to build key systems for the ExoMars lander that will safely place the Rosalind Franklin rover on the surface of the Red Planet.
Isar Aerospace has conducted the first flight test of its Spectrum launch vehicle from Andøya Spaceport in Norway, becoming the first European commercial space company to launch an orbital...
iSEE Mission Systems has appointed Dr. Scott D. Berger as Chief Solutions Officer (CSO) to lead the development of its first-of-its-kind in-space radar payload for object-tracking applications.
Umbra has signed a CRADA agreement with the NGA, gaining access to NGA’s research insights to better align its capabilities with mission requirements, while NGA can leverage Umbra’s Synthetic...
The U.S. Space Force has selected Rocket Lab USA, Inc. to compete for the Department of Defense’s highest-priority national security missions for its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase...
The AU and EU will be organizing the 7th AU-EU Summit in Africa later this year, within the auspices of their year-long celebration marking the 25th anniversary of AU-EU...
Southern Launch has closed out a significant funding round, propeling the company to build out its spaceports and scale its service offerings. The funding round was led by a...
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