Earlier handover: The current ESA Director General Jan Woerner will hand over to his successor Josef Aschbacher on 1st March, four months earlier than originally foreseen.
Read More »Intelsat orders two OneSat satellites from Airbus
Intelsat orders two OneSat satellites from Airbus
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Space Traffic Management – Do Not Overcomplicate the Issue
Space traffic management (STM) is an enabler for reliable, safe space operations – the real objective that the global space community needs to rally around during this unprecedented growth of space system deployments and growth in orbital debris. [See Endnote 1]
Read More »Space Café WebTalk Recap: Doug Loverro on Rethinking the Inevitable
In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Doug Loverro, President at Loverro Consulting, Virgina, USA talked about his feature: "Rethinking the Inevitable: Why We Need to Stop Hoping, and Prepare for Space Warfare", published on SpaceWatch.Global. For decades the international community has tried, and failed, to achieve agreement on treaties aimed at preventing war in space. From the 1980s “Treaty to Prevent an Arms Race in Space”
Read More »Thales Alenia Space to built European lunar Gateway module
Thales Alenia Space to built European lunar Gateway module
Read More »EU funds 42 start-ups and innovators with €178 million
EU funds 42 start-ups and innovators with €178 million
Read More »AAC CLYDE SPACE SUBSIDIARY HYPERION TO VERIFY LASER COMMUNICATION IN-ORBIT
Hyperion Technologies has developed the laser communication satellite terminal together with the Dutch independent research institute TNO.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: ‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Prof. Steven Freeland, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is “‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful”, originally published 30 November 2020 at The Conversation.
Read More »Rocket Lab starts the year with OHB microsat launch
Rocket Lab starts the year with OHB microsat launch
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Kai-Uwe Schrogl “A Challenging Presidency – A Bright Perspective For Europe In Space”
With the end of the year, Germany passed on the EU Council Presidency. After six months of tumultuous political developments and an intensification of the COVID-19 crisis, Germany was able to finalize the big dossiers relevant for the next years.
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