Maritime Launch Services is preparing to launch the country’s first commercial spaceport to provide satellite launch services to Canada’s growing commercial space sector. Their first payload services provider will be Nanoracks, Maritime announced. Nova Scotia-based aerospace company, Maritime, unveiled the preliminary designs for the spaceport’s Launch Control Centre (LCC).
Read More »Space Café Recap: “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” #6
In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Joanne Wheeler and Ram Jakhu at the wonderful and historic ‘Press Café in London. Over Danish pastries, cookies, croissants and coffee, the panellists, along with a fantastic audience, engaged in a revealing and insightful discussion dealing with many legal issues
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: The next German Government’s draft Coalition Agreement – Direct references to space
The three political parties most likely to form the German government for the next four years - Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Alliance 90/The Greens), Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) - published their draft Coalition Agreement
Read More »Space Café Radio: On Tour in Bremen – Nickie Finnegan, Skyrora
In this Space Café Radio – on tour in Bremen, SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Nickie Finnegan, Business Communications Officer at Skyrora Ltd. They talked about COP26, eco-friendly rocket fuel and the status of Skyroras launcher developments, the Space Tech Expo in Bremen and the feeling of meeting people face to face.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Importance of Hiring Marketing Experts for the Space Companies
We live in a century where data has more value than oil and gas. To put it in simple words – One who holds the information, regardless of its value, will master the arts of creating a chain of commercial businesses. And this art of expanding the commercial sphere can be defined in two words – ‘Writing & Communication.’
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Is it time to short space?
It’s often said that “people have short memories’ when speaking about the economy. It means that somehow, we seem unable to keep a cool head when stock markets are rallying, and the economy is in a bull run. When money seems to be thrown at everything that moves, the fear of missing out (FOMO) keeps people from asking tough questions and sometimes seems to destroy common sense all together.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Patent Insight Report – Quantum technologies and space
In 2020, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in collaboration with European Space Agency (ESA) have initiated a partnership through a series of space-themed “Patent insight reports”. These publicly available studies analyse global patent filing data to identify major trends and developments in specific sub-domains of the space sector.
Read More »New Russian module to dock at the ISS today
Russia’s newest docking port, the Prichal module will arrive at the ISS today to provide five additional docking ports and fuel transfer capability to the space lab. Prichal is controlled by the Progress vehicle and will automatically dock to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
Read More »Isar Aerospace joins RIT2021 in Sweden
Isar Aerospace has joined the RIT 2021 space development program with plans to expand its operations in the Kiruna space cluster in northern Sweden, RIT Space reported. RIT 2021 is an EU-funded collaborative project aiming to create sustainable growth in the region of Norrbotten, enhancing its role as Sweden’s space industry.
Read More »Astroscale raises $109 million, bringing total to $300 million
The in-orbit servicer Astroscale raised another $109 million from different investors, bringing the total capital raised to date to $300 million, the Japanese space company said. The Series F round was the “largest funding round in the company’s history”, as Astroscale says.
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