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Register Today for Next Space Café BeNeLux by Dr. Heike Poignand – on 27 July 2023

This Space Café BeNeLux will feature Rudy Stranen, Advisor at the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (“SMC”), a department of the Ministry of State in Luxembourg, in conversation with Dr. Heike Poignand, Founder of C43B - Consulting for Business Building, and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Europe’s Quantum Communication Infrastructure: Science Fiction in the making? During our Space Café BeNeLux Rudy and Heike will talk about EuroQCI, the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure in general and its Space Segment in particular.

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#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: UN-COPUOS space resources meetings reveal wide spectrum of opinions but also some consensus on scope of discussions

The United Nations International Center in Vienna, Austria, headquarters of the Office of Outer Space Activities (UNOOSA) and the Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Credit UNOOSA

The United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) recently hosted closed meetings of the Legal Subcommittee’s Working Group on Space Resource Activity at its headquarters in Vienna. The Working Group has just completed the first year of its five-year mandate to review the regulation of such activity, including possible “additional international governance instruments”. Although it had planned to meet only during the Legal Subcommittee’s annual two-week session earlier this year, the Working Group failed at that time to agree on even a preliminary statement.

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Rivada Space Networks Joins MEF Industry Association

Rivada's OuterNET will offer high speed, low-latency connectivity with full global coverage.

Rivada Space Networks has announced on the 20th of July that they have joined MEF, a global telecommunications industry association of network, cloud, security, and technology providers working together to accelerate enterprise digital transformation. The organisation and its members work together to drive networking standards and certifications that ensure service quality and empower enterprises to leverage digital transformation and grow their business. 

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UK Publishes National Space Strategy in Action

The United Kingdom (UK) has published its National Space Strategy in Action policy, setting out how the government will deliver on the ambitions set out in the National Space Strategy and summarizes the government's achievements so far. Primarily, the policy paper sets out the next steps in implementing the National Space Strategy across each of its four pillars; unlocking growth, collaborating internationally, growing as a science superpower, and developing resilient capabilities. 

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South African Telescopes Aid White Dwarf Pulsar Discovery

An international team of astronomers, including the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), the University of Cape Town (UCT), and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), have discovered a rare type of white dwarf pulsar. This is a rare type of spinning white dwarf star in a binary star system., and it provides a new understanding of the role of magnetic fields in stellar evolution.

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