SWGL Fan Shop 2023

Space

Space Café WebTalk with Dr Jan Frohloff: Quis est reus? Preventing space disputes with an international consensus

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global Publisher Torsten Kriening caught up with Berlin-based litigation expert and ‘space geek’ Dr Jan Frohloff. Having completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Kings College in London,

Read More »

Turion Space and NanoAvionics on reconnaissance mission

Turion Space has selected NanoAvionics’ small satellite bus MP42 as the basis for its ‘Droid-1’ spacecraft. Droid-1 is designed for reconnaissance missions in low Earth orbit (LEO) and is to launch in Q1 2023. The satellite will be capable of taking extremely accurate measurements of space objects using its onboard sensors.

Read More »

Rocket Lab opens new Colorado space systems complex opens

Rocket Lab USA announced it will open a new space systems complex in Littleton, Colorado to support growing customer demand for flight software, mission simulation, and Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) services. Rocket Lab set its foot in Colorado in October last year when it acquired aerospace engineering firm, Advanced Solutions (ASI).

Read More »

UK investing £1.4 billion in space defence

The UK government announced it will invest approximately £1.4 billion to reinforce their national interests in space, as part of the first Defence Space Strategy (DSS). The DSS outlines the methods of protecting the UK’s national interests in space, stimulating growth of the sector and supporting highly skilled jobs.

Read More »

China releases five-year space program

The State Council Information Office of China issued its fifth white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," on the country's space program. The paper introduces China's principles, policies, measures, and mindset while also summarizing its achievements in space science, technology and application. Major achievements include improvement in space infrastructure, the BeiDou

Read More »

The Space Cafe Podcast #047: Susmita Mohanty: More Europe and less U.S.-focused narrative on the future of spaceflight

SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 47th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast #047: Susmita Mohanty: More Europe and less U.S.-focused narrative on the future of spaceflight. Episode 047 features a special guest Susmita Mohanty

Read More »

Astroscale halts debris removal demonstration

Astroscale recently announced that they have begun their End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) debris removal mission’s next phase but after detecting anomalous spacecraft conditions, the team decided to abort the mission. During the autonomous capture demonstration in orbit, the ELSA-d servicer spacecraft successfully released its client spacecraft.

Read More »

Virgin Orbit to launch Sultanate of Oman into deep space

The Sultanate of Oman, Virgin Orbit, small satellite manufacturer and operator SatRevolution, AI data analytics specialists TUATARA, and technology innovator ETCO, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on Oman’s first mission to deep space. The consortium will also deliver additional small satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), including the first in Oman’s history.

Read More »

Space Café Recap: “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” #7

In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Gerardine Goh Escolar and Guoyu Wang at the wonderful ‘Awesome Café in Singapore. Over pastries, cookies, sandwiches, croissant together with kopi-o and coffee, the panellists, along with a fantastic audience, engaged in a revealing and insightful discussion

Read More »