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Global mobile satellite communications provider, Inmarsat, signed a contract with ESA to take Iris air traffic modernisation programme global and drive the future of uncrewed aviation airspace integration in Europe, Inmarsat said. Airspace is getting congested: in Europe alone, a 50% increase in flights is expected in the next 20 years.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signed two agreements at the latest ESA Council meeting in Noordwijk, Netherlands, to advance cooperation on Earth science and the Artemis lunar missions, NASA said. ESA’s Lunar Pathfinder mission will contribute to the progression of the lunar communications infrastructure, necessary for a long-term human presence.

Germany-based AI and smart algorithm-driven connectivity provider, NeuralAgent, has signed a cooperative research agreement with Airbus to investigate the use of AI-based algorithms for future communication systems, NeuralAgent said. The company’s software will be suitable for deployment in a variety of applications, including IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and telecommunications.

Brussels may shut the UK out of the Horizon science programme, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, and block the UK’s involvement in the EU’s Copernicus environment monitoring Earth observation programme as part of post-Brexit trading agreements for Northern Ireland. Britain’s participation in the Euratom nuclear research partnership is also likely to change.

Willkommen im Space Café Young Global Talents - live von der ILA 2022. Was brauche ich für (m)eine Karriere in der Raumfahrt? Wer kann mir dabei helfen und den Weg bereiten? Diesen Fragen werden wir mit unseren Gästen nachgehen. Space Café Young Global Talents ist das neue Format von SpaceWatch.Global für Studenten, aufstrebende Talente und junge Weltraumliebhaber.

In this Space Café Radio, SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Kian Mirshahi, CEO of Mayday.ai about Mayday, the space ecosystem, and the importance of finding and relearning our balance and harmony with nature.

Nanosatellite manufacturer and operator, GomSpace, has been awarded a contract to deliver two 12-unit CubeSats to the German Space Agency, DLR, GomSpace said. The cubesats will serve as research objects for DLR’s Responsive Space Cluster Competence Center, RSC3, in Trauen, Germany.

General John Hyten (Ret.) has been named as Executive Director for Blue Origin’s foundation, Club for the Future, and as a Strategic Advisor to senior leadership, the company said. General Hyten has decades of experience as a space operations and acquisitions officer. His assignments included leading the Air Force Space Command and the U.S. Strategic Command. 

Software as a service startup, OKAPI: Orbits, has raised €5.5 million in a seed funding round led by San Francisco-based MunichRe Ventures for its software aiming to make space operations safer and more efficient. US firm, Dolby Family Ventures, European VCs Herius Capital and APEX Ventures and investors also participated in the round.

Willkommen im Space Café Germany - live von der ILA 2022. Das Space Café Germany, die Gesprächsreihe zu aktuellen Raumfahrtthemen war ursprünglich als echte Veranstaltung in Berlin konzipiert. Im Zuge der Covid19-Pandemie wanderte das Format ins Internet und erfreut sich stetig wachsender Beliebtheit.