Ispace raised nearly €39 million in a Series C funding round, with Incubate Fund as the lead investor, the Japanese startup said. The new round brings ispace’s cumulative total funding to approximately €84.5 million, ispace said, including past Series B, Series A and seed investment, as well as its existing and new bank loan financing announced in June 2021.
Read More »The Space Cafe Podcast #033: Val Munsami – why affordable space tech for anyone comes at a price
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 33rd episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Val Munsami - why affordable space tech for anyone comes at a price. Valanathan Munsami is the CEO of the South African Space Agency SANSA with whom he is currently experiencing the renaissance of space travel first hand
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: E2MC Update On Space-Financing Rounds in July 2021
SPAC mergers with space companies made a comeback, with Planet’s and Satellogic’s announced transactions raising almost US$900 million*. Purely private rounds added another US$366 million. Also noteworthy were two public listings in the sector: (1) Seraphim Space Investment Trust raising GBP178.4 million for acquiring stakes held by Seraphim Capital in 15 space companies;
Read More »Meldet Euch heute für unser special Space Café “33 Minuten mit Sabine von der Recke” am 24 August 2021 an
In dieser deutschsprachigen Ausgabe des Space Café WebTalk begrüssen wir Sabine von der Recke, Sprecherin der German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA), im Gespräch mit Andreas Schepers, Freund von SpaceWatch.Global und Host des Space Café Germany. Deutschland's Raketenstartplatz in der Nordsee. Die German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA) wurde im Dezember 2020 gegründet
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 26 July – 1 August 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 26 July – 1 August 2021”. 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 »Register Today For Our Space Café “Moriba’s Vox Populi” On 12 August 2021
In honour of this sacred experience and all of you who know me and have enrolled in this global vision, I, Moriba Jah have partnered with SpaceWatch.Global to run an exciting Space Café series: Moriba’s Vox Populi (Latin for “the people’s voice”) where I intend to choose topics of relevance to space safety, security, and sustainability and have an hour-long“chill in a lounge chair”
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Swiss National Day 2021 – time to reflect and for new projects
A very Happy Swiss Day from all of us at SpaceWatch.Global. Let me thank you first of all for your trust, your contributions and your support in the last crucial year. I am proud to say that we have never been stronger in the market than today. Last year put all of us in a challenging situation and,
Read More »ESA works with World Tourism Forum Lucerne on space tourism rules
At a time where space tourism is on the rise, the European Space Agency (ESA) engaged with the World Tourism Forum Lucerne (WTFL) to work on rules for a sustainable development of the emerging sector. ESA and WTFL have signed an agreement to advance a sustainable innovation for the travel
Read More »Space start-up Varda to build in-orbit factories
California based Varda Space Industries, a start-up founded last year by a pair with experience at SpaceX and Founders Fund, has raised over $50 million for its first mission due in 2023. The first on-orbit space factory is planned to bring back 100 kg of material during its first assignment.
Read More »Isar Aerospace extends series B funding to over €140 million
Isar Aerospace extended its series B funding by €63 million to over €140 million, the company founded in 2018 and specialising in small and medium satellites said. With a total financing volume of more than €150 million, Isar Aerospace now sees itself as "the most well-funded space start-up in the European Union".
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