Ball Aerospace selected launch and space systems company, Rocket Lab, to manufacture the Solar Array Panel (SAP) to power NASA’s Global Lyman-Alpha Imager of Dynamic Exosphere (GLIDE) mission spacecraft planned to launch in 2025, Rocket Lab announced. The heliophysics mission will study variability in Earth’s atmosphere.
Read More »EU Council adopts conclusions on Copernicus and space traffic management
EU ministers responsible for space adopted conclusions on the ‘Copernicus by 2035’ and on the ‘EU approach to space traffic management’ programmes, The EU Council reported. The two sets of conclusions provide political guidance and strengthen the EU’s common position on space traffic management.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café “33 minutes with Graham Turnock” On 28 June 2022
This Space Café WebTalk will feature Graham Turnock, Special Advisor to the European Space Agency, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. The Accelerators: ESA’s plans to warp drive European Space. Graham Turnock of ESA explains
Read More »The Space Cafe Podcast #056: Bulent Altan, SpaceX Veteran and Mynaric CEO
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Cafe Podcast #56: Bulent Altan, SpaceX Veteran and Mynaric CEO. Episode 056 features a special guest: Bulent Altan. Bulent Altan was one of SpaceX's first employees, and without him, pioneering projects like Starlink probably wouldn't exist.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: The Global Space Competition: Security, Markets and Sanctions
Space-based deliverables and services have become an integral part of life in most of the developed world. The space domain has witnessed a rapid increase in commercial capabilities and a growing number of nations worldwide are seeking to acquire space-derived benefits and in-house competences. Space thus is a dynamic environment
Read More »NASA selects two further instruments to investigate the Moon under Artemis
NASA has selected two science instrument suites during the second selection through the agency’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) call for proposals, to explore the Moon under the Artemis program. The Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) and the Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications (LEIA)
Read More »James Webb mirror segment hit by micrometeoroid
A micrometeoroid, the size of a dust grain, slammed into one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 primary mirror segments at high speed, causing a noticeable effect on its performance, NASA said. This was the fifth impact detected since Webb’s launch five and a half months ago.
Read More »France signs Artemis Accords
The president of the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) space agency, Philippe Baptiste, signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of the country, affirming its commitment to sustainable space exploration by following a common set of principles. France agreed to promote the beneficial use of space for all of humanity prior to celebrating CNES’ 60th anniversary.
Read More »LiveEO awarded €1.7m by EU Commission
LiveEO is one of the 74 successful companies from 18 countries selected for the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and will receive a grant of €1.7m to further develop its offering. LiveEO applied with its project, EOinTime, focusing on time series analysis and near real time monitoring based on satellite data, the company said.
Read More »Space Café Radio – on tour in Berlin – with Elodie Viau
In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at the European Space Agency ESA at the 19th ESA Investment Forum 2022 in Berlin on Space Investments in Europe.
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