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Terran Orbital Corporation has announced that the Terran Orbital-developed Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite enabled a successful 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link.

The 2023 edition of Space Resources Week (SRW) took place on 19-21 April at Luxexpo The Box and online.

Aviosonic Space Tech and HPS will integrate the former's patented Debris Collision Alert (DeCAS) system for in-orbit/de-orbit tracking and re-entry footprint prediction of space vehicles with the Drag Augmentation Deorbiting System (ADEO) for space sustainability.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced on the 8th of May that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Space Agency (ESA). It is the first partnership dedicated to the exploration of space and a sports organisation. The partnership will enable UEFA to benefit from ESA’s network and expertise to address key challenges and generate new opportunities in football.

Airbus announced on the 11th of May that it has selected the National Satellite Test Facility (NSFT) at Hartwell in Oxfordshire to carry out the comprehensive test campaign on the UK Ministry of Defence’s next generation secure communications satellite SKYNET 6A.

New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has awarded the Spaceport America Master Plan Project to the RS&H team, with Populous and Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants, respectively, leading key aspects of the future visioning and environmental stewardship critical to the project. Furthermore, Spaceport America and NMSA will partner with the team to identify the current and future market opportunities that will drive the success of Spaceport America.

On day 4 of the 14th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Systems Observation, Torsten Kriening spoke with Dr. Matthias Hetscher, Co-Chair of the conference about his review of the conference and the way forward to the 2025 event.

In the Tenth episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Dr. Shimrit Maman. Well, there are many things that people don't know about me. I don't know how many people know about me at all. I have to be completely honest, and this is very personal. I rarely update my LinkedIn page. Recently we had this great conference at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, we have a new student community called Space Gurion. And we had astronaut Eitan Stibbe over to speak.

On Das 4 of the 14th IAA Symposium of Small Satellites in Berlin, Torsten Kriening interviewed Tor Kaufman Gjerde, Electronics Engineer and Ivelin Penchev, ASC Engineer at Space Inventor about their work and their projects.

In this episode, join Dr. Shawna Pandya, a physician, citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, and Director of Medical Research at Orbital Assembly Construction, as she delves into her multi-faceted career, her passion for space medicine, and her vision for the future of space exploration.