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The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded six study contracts for commercial hyperspectral imagery (HSI). Companies receiving awards under NRO’s Strategic Commercial Enhancement’s (SCE) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Framework, include BlackSky Technology, HyperSat, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet, and Xplore.

During his visit to Brazil, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Espen Barth Eide announced that NICFI’s Satellite Data Program is extended until September 2024. After 2.5 years of the program, it has become evident that public access to high resolution satellite images leads to more effective rainforest protection, Eide said.

In this  Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Victor Danchev, Chief Technical Officer at Endurosat, about the Toliman mission, together with the University Of Syndey and the Breakthrough Initiatives

This Space Café Israel will feature Arie Halsband , Senior Advisor at Astroscale, in conversation with Meidad Pariente, correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Israel. Moving from the the classical space industry to New Space.

In this  Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Andreas Lindenthal, Head of Business Operations & Products at Airbus Space Systems, about his personal views of the Munich Security Conference in February 2023. We also spoke about "Zeitenwende" in Space and where Germany and Europe stand. 

How does the European Space Agency and the Worldbank join their forces to solve world´s biggest challenges? From Climate Resilience to Disaster Management, Clean Energy and Agriculture. This Space Café Austria will feature Christoph Aubrecht , Director of ESA´s Global Development Assistance, in conversation with Sabine Pongruber, Founder and CEO of WEME Global and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global.

Aalyria and Rivada Space Networks (RSN) have entered into an agreement to use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to orchestrate the network for Rivada’s planned LEO constellation. Rivada’s constellation will consist of 600 satellites interconnected via laser links. As a result, the solution will offer integrated core and edge connectivity over a single, global private network in space. The first satellite launch is set for 2025, with global service starting in 2026.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Share My Space to conceptualize an end-to-end software able to model space operations failures' impact on air and sea traffic. The goal is to lower the risk of human casualties and infrastructural damage on terrestrial assets. 

In episode 76 of the Space Cafe Podcast, host Markus Mooslechner interviews Niklas Hedman, the acting director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), about the challenges and opportunities of space exploration. They discuss topics such as international cooperation, space debris, and the potential benefits of space exploration for sustainable development.

A national coalition of space and geospatial industry experts has launched the 2030 Space+Spatial Industry Growth Roadmap. The roadmap is an industry document that will inform Government policymakers to commit to an integrated space and spatial industry to safeguard Australia’s future economic success, societal well-being, and national security.