The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) finances SpaceX and Hispasat with more than $80 million, the bank announced. The bank’s board unanimously approved $80.7 million in EXIM financing to support launch services by SpaceX and U.S.-brokered launch and initial in-orbit insurances for Hispasat Canarias,
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café Germany by Andreas Schepers On 8 July 2021
Isar Aerospace: the Bavarian SpaceX? In this edition of Space Café Germany, we talk to Daniel Metzler, one of the founders and managing directors of Isar Aerospace. Isar Aerospace is considered the German NewSpace startup of the moment. The young company from Munich is building the two-stage Spectrum, a launch vehicle capable of carrying up to one ton of payload into low-Earth orbit.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 14 June – 20 June 2021
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 14 June – 20 June”. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup! A special shout-out to our friends at SpaceWatch.Global
Read More »WEF and ESA launch new space sustainability rating
The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a new Space Sustainable Rating (SSR). The Swiss EPFL Space Center (eSpace) has been chosen to lead and operationalize the SSR, WEF said, it will begin issuing sustainability certifications to mission operators in early 2022.
Read More »South Korea to develop nano constellation by 2031
South Korea wants to develop a fleet of over 100 nanosatellites, the South Korean press reported. The country will develop the constellation over the next decade, with the aim of establishing a national security monitoring system and testing next generation network communications in its latest push to strengthen its space industry, the Korea Times reported.
Read More »Mynaric opens new facility for laser equipment near Munich
Paris, 21 June 2021. – The laser communication startup Mynaric has opened a new facility for the serial production of laser communication equipment for the aerospace sector, the company said. The new production facility is located in the immediate vicinity of Mynaric’s headquarters at the special research airport Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café “33 minutes with Prof. Enrico Stoll” On 6 July 2021
This Space Café WebTalk will feature Prof. Dr.-Ing. Enrico Stoll, Chair of Space Technology at the Technical University (TU) Berlin, Germany, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. 30 Years of Small Satellite Development at TU Berlin
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: NATO Space by Gen John W. Raymond
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Joint Air Power Competence Centre, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “NATO Space'', originally published on the Joint Air Power Competence Centre website.
Read More »Chinese astronauts enter Tiangong space station
Three Chinese astronauts entered the Tiangong space station, Chinese state and international media reported. After a seven-hour flight in the Shenzhou capsule, the crew entered the space stations Tianhe core module as the first people to board China’s new outpost in space, the reports said.
Read More »Rocket Lab to design Blue and Gold spacecraft for Mars
Rocket Lab has been awarded by the University of California Berkeley to design two Photon spacecraft named Blue and Gold for a scientific ESCAPADE mission to Mars, the launch company said. ESCAPADE is a mission that will orbit two spacecraft around Mars to understand the structure, composition, variability, and dynamics of Mars' unique hybrid magnetosphere, Rocket Lab said.
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