On 23 February 2022, Niklas Nienaß, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA rolled out an initiative for setting a coherent space legislation in Europe. Based on a study of five independent experts, coordinated by Kai-Uwe Schrogl with Irmgard Marboe, Jean-Francois Mayence, Lucien Rapp and Jenni Tapio (see their report Towards European Legislation for Space Activities),
Read More »Global leaders join Astroscale Board of Directors
Satellite servicing company Astroscale announced that former ESA Director General Jan Woerner, and Yuko Noguchi, an experienced lawyer specializing in technology law and intellectual property, have been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Woerner served as the seventh ESA Director General between 2015-2021.
Read More »Space Cafe Radio – on tour in Brussels – Will Marshall
In this Space Café Radio – on tour in Brussels at the 14th European Space Conference in the Egmont Palace, SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Cafe Benelux Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Will Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Planet, about the European green space initiative, satellites in orbit and sustainability as company purpose.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: In-Orbit Servicing
Although the sustainability of all future space activities depends on the development of In-Orbit Servicing (IoS), there is currently no official or universal definition of IoS, sometimes also referred to as in-space services and on-orbit services. The European Space Policy Institute’s In-Orbit Services report mentions that IoS operations comprise mainly three activities
Read More »Southern Launch expects funding boost from government
The Australian Federal Government announced its Space Infrastructure Fund of AU $65 million, which was welcomed by Southern Launch, as the country’s only licensed company with launch facilities. The announcement confirms that Australia wants to establish a vibrant space launch capability.
Read More »Intelsat completes financial restructuring
Intelsat announced that it has emerged from its financial restructuring process as a private company with a strengthened capital structure to support its growth in the satellite communications market. The company managed to reduce its debt from approximately US $16 billion to US $7 billion.
Read More »Space Café Scotland by Angela Mathis Recap: Alan Thompson of Skyrora
The first Space Café Scotland by Angela Mathis of 2022 took place on Friday, 18th February interviewing Alan Thompson, Head of Government Affairs at Skyrora, exploring what the company does with regards to space sustainability and how it helps to advance the UK, and the Scottish space sector in particular.
Read More »Space Cafe Radio – on tour in Brussels – Alexander Gerst
In this Space Café Radio – on tour in Brussels at the 14th European Space Conference in the Egmont Palace, SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Cafe Benelux Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Alexander Gerst, ESA Astronaut about the current situation of human space flights and his views on the conference.
Read More »Thales Alenia Space to extract oxygen on the Moon
Thales Alenia Space has signed a €1 million study contract with ESA for a payload concept to extract oxygen from Moon rock. In order for humans to establish a sustainable Moon habitat, lunar resources will have to be utilized rather than transporting these from Earth. Such resources include water and oxygen among others.
Read More »Rocket Lab opens third launch pad
Rocket Lab USA has completed Pad B, its second orbital launch pad at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand and the company’s third dedicated pad for the Electron rocket. The new launch site’s first mission will be a dedicated commercial launch for Japanese Earth-imaging company Synspective in four days, Rocket Lab said.
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