Lately there has been a lot of attention paid to the heavens. Specifically, near-Earth space, between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geosynchronous. We recently pointed out in “Money! In! Space!” that there is a business renaissance in space businesses and the related infrastructures. Startups in the space (pun intended) have been expanding old applications, creating new ones, and promising ones over the horizon, from intraorbital satellite taxis to future honeymoon lunar “cruises”.
Read More »Eutelsat renews Sky Italia capacity contract
Eutelsat renews Sky Italia capacity contract, securing €450 million backlog
Read More »Space BD to provide SmallSatellite deployment service
Hokkaido and Tokyo, Japan- Space BD Inc., the leading space startup in Japan that provides access to space using the International Space Station (ISS) Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” and rideshares on Japan’s flagship launch vehicle “H3”,
Read More »Azercosmos and Globecast Extend Partnership to Deliver Satellite Services to Africa
Azercosmos, the premier satellite operator in the South Caucasus, has signed an extended partnership agreement with Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, to increase capacity and coverage across Africa.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes With Dr. Natalia Archinard” On 22 September 2020
Join SpaceWatch.Global for an interesting and informative Space Café WebTalk featuring Dr. Natália Archinard, Deputy Head of the Science, Education, Transport and Space Section at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and Chair of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). This event will take place on 22 September 2020 at 4:00 pm CEST.
Read More »E2MC Update On Space-Financing Rounds in August 2020
August 2020 sure proved that a lot of private capital can flow into the space sector, with a total of US$2.2 billion. Sure, SpaceX represented over 80% of this total – the company’s latest filing shows $1.9 billion raised of a potential total of $2.066 billion – but even without it, the sector total would have come to almost $400 million, distributed across geographies and subsectors.
Read More »US SDA awards contracts to Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) announced two contract awards for the first generation of the Transport Layer.
Read More »US Department of Defense taps Victoria Coleman as DARPA Director
US Department of Defense Announces New DARPA Director Victoria Coleman
Read More »Ignacio Chechile Joins ReOrbit as CTO
Ignacio Chechile joins ReOrbit as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on September 1, 2020, to lead the technology development of the company’s modular and reusable microsatellite platforms, targeting in-orbit assembly and servicing.
Read More »Space Café Podcast Episode 010 Featuring Nicole Stott Now Available
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 10th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Nicole Stott - Space Shuttle Astronaut Extraordinaire. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott spent 104 days in space and remembers her two space flights aboard the legendary space shuttle that changed her life.
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