NASA is launching CCSC-2, its second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities initiative to foster the development and growth of the American space industry, the agency said. Under the collaboration, NASA will share its expertise and capabilities to support US company innovations.
Read More »POLARIS tests Spaceplane Demonstrators at Peenemünde Airport
POLARIS conducted a 4-day flight campaign at the Airport of Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea, lasting from Friday, 28th to Monday, 31st of October. While previous demonstrator flight test campaigns took place at the local airport of Rotenburg/Wümme close to Bremen, POLARIS now required significantly larger airspace for high-performance testing.
Read More »Rivada Space Networks Issues RFP for its Satellite Constellation
Rivada Space Networks GmbH, a European network company launching a unique connectivity constellation for Government and Enterprise communications, announced that it has issued its request for proposals for 600 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, having released the RFP for the associated heavy-lift launch services two weeks ago.
Read More »Space Café Radio – PSSI’s Space Security Series ep. 4 – with Michel Friedling
In this fourth episode SpaceWatch.Global CEO and Publisher, Torsten Kriening talked with Major General Michel Friedling, Commander of the French Space Command about the French Space Defence Strategy and Goals for a European Space Command.
Read More »Register Today for our Space Café “Black Ops by Dr. Emma Gatti” 0n 22 November 2022
Black Ops returns with a mini-series fully dedicated to the Indo-Pacific and global geopolitical Space picture. Protagonist of the mini-series will be Dr. Namrata Goswami, an independent scholar on space policy and Great Power Politics. In the first episode of six, Namrata will discuss with SpaceWatch.Global Editor in Chief Emma Gatti the values, interests and cultures of the U.S., China, Russia, India, Japan, so to explain their investment in space capabilities.
Read More »Sidus Space and Dawn Aerospace to Implement Propulsion Technology
Sidus Space, Inc., a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, announced an agreement with Dawn Aerospace to implement its green, chemical propulsion technology into LizzieSat™.
Read More »Egypt Discloses Plans to Launch Climate Monitoring Satellite
The Chairman of the Space Committee of the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate, Dr. Muhandes Ahmed Faraj, has disclosed Egypt's plans to launch two new satellites, one of which will assist in climate change monitoring in Africa. Faraj made the disclosure during the Egyptian Space Committee of the Syndicate of Engineers' recently concluded conference on Egypt's efforts to develop its space capabilities
Read More »Global governmental space exploration investments to reach $31 billion by 2031
The latest edition of global strategy consulting and market intelligence firm, Euroconsult’s Prospects for Space Exploration report predicts that global governmental investments in space exploration will reach $31 billion within the next decade despite ongoing geopolitical issues.
Read More »Orbex to construct and operate Sutherland Spaceport
Scottish rocket manufacturer and orbital launch services provider Orbex, is to build and operate the first vertical satellite launch site on UK mainland, the company said. The project will make Orbex the first European launcher company to also manage a dedicated spaceport.
Read More »Connecting The World From the Skies 2022 Live Coverage
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Communication, Space & Technology Commission (CST) of Saudi Arabia will be hosting a 3-day International Forum on Connecting the World from the Skies, in collaboration with the Saudi Space Commission (SSC).
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