Skylo, maker of the world’s most affordable and ubiquitous network that connects any machine or sensor, has announced that the company has emerged from stealth with U.S.$116 million in total funding.
Read More »Capella Space Reveals Innovative Satellite Design For Its High-Res SAR Imagery Service
Capella Space, an information services company providing Earth observation data on demand, unveiled on 21 January 2020 its evolved satellite design to enable on-demand observations of anywhere on Earth. Informed by extensive customer feedback and findings from the launch of Denali, Capella’s testbed satellite, the re-engineered design features a suite …
Read More »Japan’s Astroscale Receives $4.5 Million Grant From Tokyo Government For Commercial Space Debris Removal
Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market-leader in developing technology and services to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, announced on 23 January 2020 it has been awarded a grant of up to U.S.$4.5 million from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Innovation Tokyo Project” to build a roadmap for commercializing active …
Read More »UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund Adds 11 New Startups To Accelerator Programme
The Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF), an initiative launched by the UAE Ministry of Finance to support innovation in the UAE, has announced the addition of 11 new members to the Fund's accelerator programme.
Read More »Austria’s RUAG Space Instrumental In Developing Eutelsat KONNECT’s Electric Engines
Eutelsat KONNECT satellite has been launched on 16 January on board an European Ariane 5 rocket. The satellite will provide broadband internet services to Africa. For this new generation of European telecommunications satellites, RUAG Space produced mechanisms that point the satellite's electrical engines.
Read More »ESA And Airbus Sign International Space Station Bartolomeo Platform Contract
The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency (ESA) has now firmly booked a payload slot for a Norwegian instrument to monitor plasma density in the Earth's atmosphere.
Read More »Finnish Satellite Workshop: Shop Window For Space Science
The third edition of the Finnish Satellite Workshop kicked off on January 20-22 in Espoo. The major event for the space industry and science in Finland gathered nearly 800 professionals and covered the most important topics for the Nordic space.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Dr. Patrick Henkel of ANavS (Advanced Navigation Solutions)
SpaceWatch.Global’s Tiziana Casinelli spoke to Dr. Patrick Henkel , CEO of ANavS (Advanced Navigation Solutions).
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 36 – European RTD Policy, Competitiveness and Space
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 36: ‘European RTD Policy, Competitiveness and Space’, originally published in November 2019.
Read More »Rocket Lab To Launch U.S. NRO Mission From New Zealand
Rocket Lab, the global leader in small satellite launch, has announced today that it will launch a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
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