In May 2019, Spanish company PLD Space suffered a catastrophic engine failure, which caused material damage, including the loss of the first flight version of the TEPREL-B liquid rocket engine, developed by PLD Space for MIURA 1 launch vehicle.
Read More »AAC Clyde Space Selected To Deliver Batteries For Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Mission
AAC Clyde Space has been selected to supply batteries to the Nova-C lunar lander mission led by the U.S. company Intuitive Machines.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Thomas Gruebler of Orora Technologies
SpaceWatch.Global's COO had the chance to meet Thomas Gruebler, CEO of Orora Technologies in Munich to talk about their business and their vision.
Read More »ECSL Practitioners’ Forum on Artificial Intelligence and the Space Sector: Legal And Regulatory Aspects
The European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) has been organising a one-day Practitioners' Forum every year since 1992. The aim of the Forum is to provide those working across all areas of the space sector an opportunity to network and discuss topical areas of space law and policy relevant to the sector.
Read More »The ECSL Young Lawyers’ Symposium (YLS)
The European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) is inviting young scholars and professionals to take part in the fifth edition of the Young Lawyers' Symposium (YLS), which will be organised as a full day event on the 24 April 2020 at ESA ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL NewSpace: Jelly Space Lifts Off At Startup Weekend Space-Bremen, Now Seeks Community Input
If they are brilliant, dedicated, and just a bit lucky, teams of 3-6 members can transform a fledgling idea into a company in just 54 hours at Startup Weekend Space in Bremen, Germany.
Read More »Scottish Highlands Spaceport Plans Protested By Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion, the British environmental pressure group that stages mass protests against climate change, has condemned plans to build the UK’s first vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, located in the Scottish Highlands.
Read More »Airbus’ Pléiades Neo Imaging Satellites Are On Track For Launch In Mid-2020
The first two Airbus-built Pléiades Neo imaging satellites have started comprehensive environmental testing to ensure they are ready for in-orbit operation, Airbus announced on 24 February 2020.
Read More »Egnos Payload Enters Service On EUTELSAT 5 West B
Eutelsat Communications announced on 14 February 2020 that the GEO-3 payload of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), a hosted payload aboard its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite, has successfully entered into service.
Read More »Belgian Development Agency Partners With SES To Connect Foreign Aid Projects In Africa Via Satellite
The Belgian development agency Enabel and SES S.A., a leader in global content connectivity solutions, will deliver satellite-based communications for the development and foreign aid projects spearheaded by the Belgian and other European governments.
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