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This Space Café Canada will feature Paul Meyer, former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, founding member of the Outer Space Institute, and currently a Fellow in International Security at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global.

The latest episode of Space Café Russia by Elina Morozova, which is now on air with simultaneous translation into English, featured Vladimir Agapov, General Designer of joint-stock company Astronomical Scientific Center, Alexander Solntsev, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at RUDN University, and Valentin Uvarov, CEO of Climate Monitoring Systems LLC.

Join Andrea Kleinsasser, Deputy Head of the Department of Space Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, and our host Judith Delany for the first edition of Space Cafè Austria for a conversation about Austria’s role and engagement at UN COPUOS.

The inaugural edition of the NewSpace Africa Conference 2022 will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 25th to 27th April. The event is organized by Space in Africa in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the Kenyan Space Agency. The theme of the event is “Making Africa the New Hotspot for Space Business”.

Arctic Space Technologies announced that their high-latitude ground station facility in northern Sweden operated is now providing advantages to Viasat Real-Time Earth (RTE) customers. Viasat benefits from the collaboration by adding Piteå, Öjebyn to the list of their many antenna locations.

Astra Space’s first orbital launch with operational payloads failed to deliver four satellites to orbit due to an issue after main engine cut off. The company said they would provide an update after reviewing data working closely with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Previously, the mission was scrubbed twice within a five-day period due to a radar system, and then a telemetry issue.

In this Space Café Radio – on tour in Brussels at the 14th European Space Conference in the Egmont Palace, SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Cafe Benelux Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Nadine Smolka, Mission Manager at Exolaunch about her way into the space industry and the experience of being part of a real SpaceX launch.

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global Publisher Torsten Kriening got the opportunity to speak with Dr Nanja Strecker, an experienced innovation expert and Managing Director of the European Space Agency's Business Incubation Centres Switzerland (ESA BIC CH), a start-​up support program operated by the globally renowned research university, ETH Zürich.

This Space Café Scotland will feature movers and shakers from the Scottish Space Ecosystem in conversation with Angela Mathis, CEO of ThinkTank Maths and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Skyrora – A Tale of Space, Launch, Space Debris, and Government Affairs.

Dawn Aerospace announced it is providing satellite propulsion systems to hyperspectral Earth imaging company Pixxel, who is building a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of hyperspectral imaging small satellites. The constellation will provide productivity and environmental data and will benefit industries such as agriculture, resources, energy, and sustainability.