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UARX Space has selected Dawn Aerospace to be its satellite propulsion supplier for the first OSSIE Mission of the company. OSSIE (Orbit Solutions to Simplify Injection and Exploration) is a space tug able to transport up to 400 kg of small satellites to custom orbits. The orbital transport vehicle has the capacity to carry a series of mission injector (RAMI) deployers for CubeSats.

SPAC mergers with space companies made a comeback, with Planet’s and Satellogic’s announced transactions raising almost US$900 million*. Purely private rounds added another US$366 million. Also noteworthy were two public listings in the sector: (1) Seraphim Space Investment Trust raising GBP178.4 million for acquiring stakes held by Seraphim Capital in 15 space companies;

In dieser deutschsprachigen Ausgabe des Space Café WebTalk begrüssen wir Sabine von der Recke, Sprecherin der German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA), im Gespräch mit Andreas Schepers, Freund von SpaceWatch.Global und Host des Space Café Germany. Deutschland's Raketenstartplatz in der Nordsee. Die German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA) wurde im Dezember 2020 gegründet

As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 26 July – 1 August 2021”. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup! A special shout-out to our friends at SpaceWatch.Global,

Eutelsat Quantum, the first sophisticated telecommunication satellite was launched on board of an Ariane 5 on 30th July at 23:00 CEST from French Guiana Space Centre. The launch marks Arianespace’s 6th successful mission of the year. The commercial, fully flexible satellite can be repurposed completely during its time in space thanks to its configurable software-defined design.

On 29th July, Inmarsat announced its plans for ORCHESTRA, a communications network bringing together the benefits of multiple technologies for an integrated, high-performance solution. The plan is to draw together geosynchronous (GEO) satellites, low earth orbit satellites (LEO) and terrestrial 5G.

A software failure caused a thruster misfiring and tilted the International Space Station (ISS) during the docking of the Russian science module Nauka, space agencies and media reports said on Friday. Nauka inadvertently started to fire its thrusters after its successful docking to the ISS and tilted the station, causing a loss of attitude control for around 45 minutes, the reports said.

This Space Café Brazil will feature Dr. Clezio Nardin, director of the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), in conversation with Ian Grosner, Correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Brazil. 60 Years of the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Dr. Clezio Marcos De Nardin obtained the degree of electrical engineer

In honour of this sacred experience and all of you who know me and have enrolled in this global vision, I, Moriba Jah have partnered with SpaceWatch.Global to run an exciting Space Café series: Moriba’s Vox Populi (Latin for “the people’s voice”) where I intend to choose topics of relevance to space safety, security, and sustainability and have an hour-long“chill in a lounge chair”

The Japanese space tech start-up ispace is building its lunar lander at ArianeGroup´s German facility in Lampoldhausen, the company said. A crew of assembly specialists from ispace has settled in at the site, and activities are underway, ArianeGroup said.