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FCC allows SpaceX to put ten Starlink satellites in lower orbit

Markus Payer January 12, 2021 Entrepreneurship, News, North America, Policy and Law, Region, Satcoms, Satellite, Satellite Launch Business, Space

Ten is okay: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted SpaceX to launch ten Starlink satellites into polar orbit.

Portugal outlines its EU Presidency’s priorities

Markus Payer January 12, 2021 Europe, Government, News, Policy and Law, Region, Space

Economic recovery, social rights, digital transition, climate action – but no explicit mentioning of space: Portugal has outlined its priorities for its EU Presidency that started on the 1st January.

Boeing to power ISS with six more solar arrays

Markus Payer January 12, 2021 Earth observation, Europe, Government, News, North America, Region, Satcoms, Satellite, Satellite Launch Business, Space, Space Exploration, Space Missions

More power: Boeing provides six more solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS) to increase the orbiting laboratory’s power supply, the company said.

Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Dr. Peter Martinez” On 26 January 2021

Torsten Kriening January 11, 2021 China, Entrepreneurship, Europe, Events, Features, North America, Policy and Law, Satellite Launch Business, Space, Space Missions, Space Resources

Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Dr. Peter Martinez, Executive Director of the Secure World Foundation, USA. This event will take place on 26 January 2021 at 4:00 pm CET.

#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: My 2020 in a review – by Joerg Kreisel

Torsten Kriening January 11, 2021 Entrepreneurship, Europe, Features, Opinion, Region, Satellite, Space

SpaceWatch.Global asked its staff and contributors to review 2020 and provide an outlook into 2021. These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Joerg Kreisel, CEO at JKIC.

Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Elodie Viau” On 19 January 2021

Torsten Kriening January 11, 2021 Entrepreneurship, Europe, Events, Features, Region, Satcoms, Satellite, Space, Space Missions

Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (D/TIA), and Head of ECSAT, at the European Space Agency in Harwell, UK. This event will take place on 19 January 2021 at 4:00 pm CET.

ESA chief Woerner hands over to Aschbacher four months earlier

Markus Payer January 11, 2021 Europe, News, Policy and Law, Region, Space, Space Exploration, Space Missions

Earlier handover: The current ESA Director General Jan Woerner will hand over to his successor Josef Aschbacher on 1st March, four months earlier than originally foreseen.

Intelsat orders two OneSat satellites from Airbus

Markus Payer January 11, 2021 Entrepreneurship, Europe, News, North America, Region, Satcoms, Satellite, Satellite Launch Business, Space, Space Missions

Intelsat orders two OneSat satellites from Airbus

#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Space Traffic Management – Do Not Overcomplicate the Issue

Torsten Kriening January 10, 2021 Europe, Features, North America, Opinion, Policy and Law, Region, Satellite, Space, Space Missions

Space traffic management (STM) is an enabler for reliable, safe space operations – the real objective that the global space community needs to rally around during this unprecedented growth of space system deployments and growth in orbital debris. [See Endnote 1]

Space Café WebTalk Recap: Doug Loverro on Rethinking the Inevitable

Torsten Kriening January 8, 2021 China, Europe, Events, Features, North America, Policy and Law, Region, Russia&CIS, Satellite, Satellite Launch Business, Space Missions, WebTalk Archive

In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Doug Loverro, President at Loverro Consulting, Virgina, USA talked about his feature: "Rethinking the Inevitable: Why We Need to Stop Hoping, and Prepare for Space Warfare", published on SpaceWatch.Global. For decades the international community has tried, and failed, to achieve agreement on treaties aimed at preventing war in space. From the 1980s “Treaty to Prevent an Arms Race in Space”