Space

Our Space Café Scotland by Angela Mathis took place on Friday, 28th April. Angela, CEO of ThinkTank Maths was joined by three panelists to talk about where Energy and Finance meet the Scottish Space sector.

It is day 1 of the newly established Munich New Space Summit. Torsten Kriening gives an overview on the day and the talks to expect.

In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global Editor-in-Chief Dr Emma Gatti spoke with Bob Richards, Vice President of Space at TTTech.

Liftero has successfully closed a pre-seed funding round.

The Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) is working together with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to empower young people to take climate action. Within the collaboration, Maldivian young professionals and students received the opportunity to attend the Maldives’ first space conference, the Space for Island Nations Conference (SINC), which took place from 2-4 May at Crossroads Maldives.

The JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany has successfully enabled the deployment of the spacecraft's ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna.

Terran Orbital Corporation has announced that the Terran Orbital-developed Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite enabled a successful 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link.

Aviosonic Space Tech and HPS will integrate the former's patented Debris Collision Alert (DeCAS) system for in-orbit/de-orbit tracking and re-entry footprint prediction of space vehicles with the Drag Augmentation Deorbiting System (ADEO) for space sustainability.

Airbus announced on the 11th of May that it has selected the National Satellite Test Facility (NSFT) at Hartwell in Oxfordshire to carry out the comprehensive test campaign on the UK Ministry of Defence’s next generation secure communications satellite SKYNET 6A.

New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has awarded the Spaceport America Master Plan Project to the RS&H team, with Populous and Zia Engineering & Environmental Consultants, respectively, leading key aspects of the future visioning and environmental stewardship critical to the project. Furthermore, Spaceport America and NMSA will partner with the team to identify the current and future market opportunities that will drive the success of Spaceport America.