In this Space Café Radio - SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening spoke with Prof. Dr. Frank Schaefer, Deputy director, head of business unit Space and head of system solutions department at Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute Freiburg/Germany, at the LEO Kinetic Space Safety Workshop in Lausanne about threats and risks in Low Earth Orbit and how to move forward to a sustainable future in space.
Read More »Space Sustainability Rating launches
An innovative and practical tool to support space actors in more sustainable mission design and operations, the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) hosted by the eSpace-EPFL Space Center, launched last Thursday. The SSR encourages, recognises, and rewards, space actors who enforce sustainable space missions with a unique rating system.
Read More »Isar Aerospace and D-Orbit sign launch services agreement
Launch vehicle company Isar Aerospace, has entered into a launch services agreement with space logistics company D-Orbit, to launch its ION Satellite Carrier to a Sun-synchronous orbit aboard Isar’s Spectrum rocket from Andøya, Isar said. Under the agreement, D-Orbit will become Isar’s primary customer from 2023.
Read More »First Ariane 5 launch of 2022 successfully supports Malaysia and India
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle has successfully placed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary orbit: MEASAT-3d for the Malaysian operator MEASAT, and GSAT-24 built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on behalf of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ArianeGroup said. The launch was the first mission of the year, and the 113th overall.
Read More »South Australian companies collaborate for the country’s future in space
Leading South Australian space companies announced an exciting collaboration that will explore launching a rocket and a spacecraft with an interfaced electronic warfare payload from Southern Launch’s Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex. Southern Launch, ATSpace Australia, Asension, and Inovor Technologies signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Adelaide.
Read More »UK announces new commercial framework and additional funding for the space sector
George Freeman, UK Minister for Science, Research and Innovation announced a new commercial framework and additional space sector funding from the UK Government at space exhibition ILA 2022 today. The country aims to become an industry-led, government backed pioneer of commercial space sustainability.
Read More »The Space Cafe Podcast #057 Adrien Mauduit, Aurora Hunter by passion
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #057 Adrien Mauduit, Aurora Hunter by passion.Episode 057 features a special guest: Adrien Mauduit. Some say that it takes a very good reason for a Frenchman to leave his home country. Adrien Mauduit knows what he is talking about.
Read More »Viasat stockholders approve proposed acquisition of Inmarsat
Global communications company Viasat, received the necessary stockholder approvals for the proposed acquisition of global mobile satellite communications firm Inmarsat, Viasat said. The offer for US $7.3 billion came last year, with plans to reach a combined annual revenue of approximately US $4 billion
Read More »South Korea successfully launches satellites in orbit on a domestic rocket
South Korea’s domestic KSLV-2 rocket developed by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), successfully deployed a performance test satellite into low Earth orbit for the first time during its second flight. The spacecraft will put four smaller satellites into orbit in the next few days.
Read More »Epsilon3 raises US $15 million for space project management platform
Software startup Epsilon3 has raised US $15 million in a Series A funding round led by investor Lux Capital to expand its suite of space project management solutions, the company said. Epsilon3’s platform is web-based and provides spacecraft manufacturing and operations collaboration tools.
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