https://spacewatch.global/sponsored/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:37:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/sponsored/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/mission-k-day-2-give-us-tactical-isr-from-space-lessons-from-ukraine-and-three-defence-challenges/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78372 From day two of Mission-K in Kalkar, Torsten Kriening reviews an intense opening day - real threats in orbit, Germany's Space Innovation Gateway, Stark Defence's call for tactical ISR from space, and why the story matters as much as the hardware - before three Space Defence Challenges get underway.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/mission-k-2026-inside-kalkars-surreal-setting-for-europes-space-and-defence-community/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78339 Torsten Kriening opens SpaceWatch.Global's coverage of Mission-K from the control room of the Kalkar nuclear plant that never switched on - a surreal setting for two days of keynotes, an Experience Colony of fifteen domes, a live rocket engine demonstration and a Space Café on stage.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/spacewatchgl-opinion-vaduz-says-federate-now-perfect-later/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78326 Europe's usual reflex is to design the institution first and deliver the capability later. At the first Vaduz Space Dialogue, the message was clear: on secure connectivity, there is no time for that. Torsten Kriening on why federation should start now, and why Liechtenstein wants to host it.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/vaduz-space-dialogue-2026-spectrum-as-strategy-and-europes-case-for-federation/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78332 From Vaduz, Torsten Kriening explores why Europe's next move on secure connectivity was pitched in a country of 41,000 people - with Dr. Bianca Lins, Rafel Jordá Siquier of Open Cosmos and ESPI's Hermann Ludwig Moeller on spectrum as strategic infrastructure, and why federation, not another constellation, may be Europe's answer.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/mbs-acquires-20-stake-in-hps-as-german-space-hardware-firm-expands/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78087 MBS has acquired a 20 percent stake in German space hardware firm HPS, backing its growth and expansion into security and defence markets.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/space-norway-marks-40-years-of-satellite-operations-at-nittedal-teleport/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78122 Space Norway marks 40 years of satellite operations at Nittedal Teleport near Oslo, now one of Europe's largest earth stations with more than 50 antennas.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-fredrik-gustavsson-of-swissto12-on-profitable-growth-and-3d-printed-payloads/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78015 From World Space Business Week in Paris, SWISSto12's Fredrik Gustavsson joins Torsten Kriening to discuss a new partnership with Mitsubishi Electric, a profitable path toward around 200 million in revenue, and how 3D-printed payloads are unlocking faster, lower-cost satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/marble-imaging-and-msg-systems-partner-on-european-sovereign-isr-capabilities/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77977 Marble Imaging and msg systems have signed an MoU to develop sovereign European ISR solutions, combining satellite Earth observation with AI, open-source intelligence and secure digital infrastructure.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/terma-to-provide-ground-support-equipment-for-mda-spaces-aurora-satellites/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77995 Terma has joined MDA Space's AURORA supply chain, providing ground support equipment for testing and checkout during satellite production and integration.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/rocket-lab-launches-12th-strix-satellite-as-synspective-expands-its-constellation-strategy/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77902 Rocket Lab has launched Synspective's 12th StriX SAR satellite from Mahia, New Zealand, continuing a launch relationship that dates back to 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-andrew-cawthorne-of-sstl-on-40-years-of-small-satellites-and-a-3-5m-space-telescope/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77942 From World Space Business Week in Paris, SSTL Managing Director Andrew Cawthorne joins Laura Todd to survey a remarkable programme - Lunar Pathfinder, defence and export work, and a 3.5-metre space telescope - and explains why SSTL sits between new space and traditional space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-two-rockets-from-esrange-in-2028-ssc-ceo-charlotta-sund-on-the-firefly-partnership/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77938 From the close of World Space Business Week in Paris, SSC CEO Charlotta Sund joins Laura Todd to discuss the newly announced Firefly partnership bringing Alpha launches to Esrange in 2028, what transatlantic collaboration really demands, and why culture fit matters as much as technology.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-franck-mouriaux-of-fada-on-going-from-blank-page-to-operating-satellites-in-two-years/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77935 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Franck Mouriaux, acting CEO of FADA, joins Laura Todd to share how the company went from a blank page in 2024 to operating its first satellite on orbit - and why, with technology increasingly accessible, the real differentiator is the ability to execute.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/wsbw-2026-pieter-fossel-of-hydrosat-on-thermal-intelligence-and-removing-the-cover-of-darkness/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77928 From World Space Business Week in Paris, Hydrosat CEO Pieter Fossel joins Torsten Kriening to unveil the Osiris constellation - 25-metre thermal resolution across a 340 km swath - and explain why thermal intelligence, visible day and night, removes the cover of darkness.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/synspective-signs-h3-launch-deal-as-it-expands-sar-constellation-service-with-new-omnia-program/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77870 Synspective has signed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch two StriX satellites on Japan's H3 in the second half of 2027, alongside a new OMNIA programme sharing small SAR constellation capacity among multiple users.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/pistorius-visits-berlin-defence-tech-start-up-ahead-of-mission-k/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77713 German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited the Berlin defence-tech company MKS – Missionskritische Systeme on Monday, accompanied by Steffen Krach, SPD chairman for Berlin. The visit to the Resilience Technology Campus was a deliberate signal about what the ministry now prioritises: getting new technology into the hands of the armed forces faster.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/swissto12-and-mitsubishi-electric-expand-japan-partnership-with-mou-and-antenna-contract/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77656 SWISSto12 and Mitsubishi Electric have signed an MoU on payloads and RF products across Japan and Asia-Pacific, with MELCO separately awarding SWISSto12 a phased-array antenna contract for a Japanese government GEO secure-communications programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/international-space-summit-robert-hook-of-marble-imaging-on-europes-sovereign-very-high-resolution-eyes/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77633 From the International Space Summit in Paris, Marble Imaging CEO Robert Hook joins Torsten Kriening beside the company's first satellite to discuss sovereign European very high resolution imaging, new partnerships with Thrust Me and Safran, and the push toward sub-50 cm data by 2028. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/international-space-summit-dr-martin-langer-on-ororatech-putting-96-sensors-on-eutelsat-oneweb/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77630 From the International Space Summit in Paris, OroraTech CEO Dr. Martin Langer joins Torsten Kriening to unpack a breakthrough deal placing the company's thermal sensors across the Eutelsat OneWeb fleet - creating a connected orbital data center, revisit times of 15–30 minutes, and what he calls "GEOINT from LEO."]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/09/marble-imaging-partners-with-safran-reosc-on-first-satellite-mission/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=77548 Marble Imaging is collaborating with Safran Reosc, a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense, to integrate the latter's SEEING 230 optical imager aboard Marble Sat 1, the German Earth-observation company's maiden satellite mission, which is targeting launch in the first quarter of 2027.]]>