The UAE has been chosen to lead the United Nation’s Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) committee with Omran Sharaf Emirati engineer serving as director of COPUOS in 2022 and 2023, the UAE reported. COPUOS has 100 member states and has been in operation since 1959.
Read More »Sierra Space and Spirit AeroSystems enter into strategic partnership
Space company Sierra Space, and aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems, announced a long-term strategic partnership to lower the cost of access to space and to accelerate the production of the Shooting Star cargo modules for the Dream Chaser spaceplane.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café “33 minutes with Dr. Deganit Paikowsky” On 21 June 2022
This Space Café WebTalk will feature Dr. Deganit Paikowsky, Faculty at the Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Evolution of the concept of a Space Club by the space powers
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café “33 minutes with Jennifer Manner” On 14 June 2022
This Space Café WebTalk will feature Jennifer Manner, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at EchoStar Corporation, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. The Critical Role of Satellite Networks in 5G and Beyond Ecosystems.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Space for Business – Module 2 in Carcavelos – Day 2
Our second day ended in a bustling rooftop bar in Lisbon, overlooking the city, the Castle of Sao Jorge on full display. Looking around at the group, there were happy faces all around, stomachs full of wonderful seafood - because that's the thing to eat in Portugal! Day 2 of the course started with a presentation from Manuel Heitor
Read More »Warpspace and OrbitsEdge sign agreement to achieve more efficient space data utilization
Spacetech startup Warpspace, and high powered Edge computing company OrbitsEdge, signed a mutual Letter of Intent to explore the opportunities for collaboration to become space big data facilitators by combining optical communication with edge-computing technology.
Read More »NASA chooses industry partners for new spacewalking services
NASA selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide astronauts with next generation spacesuit and spacewalk system capabilities in low Earth orbit and on the Moon as well as future human missions to Mars, the Agency said. The arrangement allows for NASA expertise to be paired with commercial innovation to support continued science in the space environment.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Space for Business – Module 2 in Carcavelos – Day 1
Imagine taking a stroll walking along the beach, seeing the palm trees swaying in the wind, hearing the waves crashing on the shore, and smelling the fresh sea-salt air. This was how I kicked off day 1 of Module 2 of the Space for Business course in Carcavelos, Portugal.
Read More »Space Café WebTalk 33 minutes with Krystal Azelton – The Urgency Of Ensuring Sustainability in Space Recap
Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Krystal Azelton - The Urgency Of Ensuring Sustainability in Space” took place on Tuesday, 24th May. Krystal Azelton is a Director of Space Applications Programs at Secure World Foundation and has over 10 years of international and domestic space, public policy,
Read More »Astroscale announces new Managing Director, Nick Shave
Satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability company Astroscale, announced its new Managing Director effective from today in the person of Nick Shave. Shave will succeed John Auburn. Prior to his appointment, Shave was VP of Strategic Programmes at Inmarsat, and he is the current Chair of UKspace.
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