Space

Exotrail demonstrated mini-thruster for small satellites in space

On June 2019, NASA presented the Interim Directive for the use of the ISS for commercial and marketing activities, which makes available 5% of the agency’s annual allocation of crew resources and cargo capability for commercial non-R&D use.

Join SpaceWatch.Global's new Space Café "Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland" series where global space law experts discuss the legal issues from everyday space activities. This event will take place on 28 January 2021 at 9:30 am CET.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.