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ClearSpace has announced that it has successfully concluded a significant milestone in the CLEAR Mission. The Company concluded the System Requirements Review, marking a pivotal phase in the satellite development process.

Space Café Austria provided valuable insights into the world of satellite Earth observation technology. Hosted by Sabine, CEO of WEME Global, and featuring Christoph Aubrecht, Manager of Global Development Assistance at the European Space Agency (ESA), the podcast discussed the ESA's crucial role in supporting organizations like the World Bank and Asia Development Bank in implementing satellite technology to address real-life challenges.

Welcome to Space Factor, the new podcast mini-series presented by SpaceWatch.Global in collaboration with Dassault Systèmes Italia, the leading agency supporting to creation, simulation and production of space systems.

The Satellite Applications Catapult and Open Cosmos have signed an agreement to build and launch a key demonstration satellite to join the Open Cosmos OpenConstellation. As a result, the satellite will launch as early as Q1 2024. 

The Communications Module of the SpainSat NG-I telecommunications satellite has left the plant of Thales Alenia Space in Tres Cantos, Spain, towards the plant of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse France. The module will subsequently proceed with the assembly, integration, and test (AIT) activities of the whole satellite.

A new partnership was announced on the 7th of June between the Satellite Applications Catapult and GHGSat, a satellite-based and aerial remote sensing technology and emission data provider, to provide satellite data on domestic and international methane emissions for R&D in the UK. 

Ian Annett, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the UK Space Agency, has announced he will leave his role and the Civil Service at the end of August, after more than three and a half years leading the delivery of UK national civil space programmes. 

Speedcast and OneWeb have jointly announced the launch of OneWeb’s maritime LEO connectivity service. Following successful engineering trials, OneWeb’s maritime terminals have been installed on the RV Polarstern, in partnership with Reederei F. Laeisz and Speedcast, delivering the first fully-managed service and support.

Business Wire reported on the 5th of June that Momentus, a US commercial space company offering orbital transportation and in-space infrastructure services, has signed an agreement with Apogeo Space to provide orbital transportation services for nine satellites. These satellites are part of Apogeo’s planned 100-satellite Internet of Things (IoT) constellation. 

OneWeb has announced that it is launching its “Try Before You Buy” maritime service. The service will take bookings from maritime users who want to benefit from OneWeb’s 100mbps+ enterprise-grade flexible connectivity packages at sea.